Metals
Course Description:
Metals provides an opportunity to gain experience in basic metal working skills relating to the manufacturing area. Students will learn about print reading, layout, cutting, bending and folding sheetmetal. The safe use of hand tools and power machines will be taught. Measuring is a very important part of this class. Knowing how to read a ruler is vital for success.
Units:
1. Introduction to Metal Work
Basic properties and classification of metal
Safety in the metal shop
2. Planning, Layout and Measurements:
Layout Tools
Measurement and reading the rule
Layout techniques
3. Sheet Metal Fabricating:
Intro to sheet metal and developing and transferring patterns
Study sheet on pattern development
Soldering
Sheet metal hand tools and cutting tools
Bending sheet metal
4. Bench Metals
Hand sawing & power sawing
Files and filing
Screw threads & using the tap and die
Assembly tools & hand tools
5. Casting and Forging
Intro to foundry and metal casting process
Melting and pouring metal
Intro to forging and hand forging
6. Heat Treatment of Metal
Purpose
Process
7. Abrasives and Grinding Metals
Abrasives
Metal grinding
8. Production of Iron and How Steel is Made