Metalwork

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Metalwork

• Tools

Engineers ball peen hammer
Aviation or Wiss snips
Hatchet stake
Tinmans mallet
Bick iron stake
Activity sheet
Centre punch
Straight cut tin snips
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Engineers ball peen hammer

• A general purpose hammer having a flat face on
  one side and a ball pene on the other.
• Mainly used for striking punches and riveting.

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Tinmans mallet

• The heads and handles of mallets are made from
  hardwood.
• Used for shaping sheet metal where a hammer blow
  would be to severe and cause dents or stretch
  marks on the surface of the metal.

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Centre punch

• These have a 90 degree point.
• Used to mark the centres of holes to be drilled.

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Straight tin snips

• Made from tool steel.
• The cutting blades slide past each other and cut
  by means of a shearing action.
• Used for the straight cutting of thin sheet
  metal. Note curved tin snips are also available
  for cutting curves.

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Aviation or Wiss snips

• Made from tool steel.
• They employ a multiple lever action to achieve
  greater power.
• Uses include straight and curved cutting of thin
  sheet metal.

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Bick iron stake

• A piece of cast and machined to a specific shape.
• Used for bending sheet metal at right angles

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Hatchet stake

• A piece of cast and machined to a specific shape.
• Used for bending sheet metal at acute angles.

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