Design Engineering

• drill bit

  • fitted into a power drill and used to cut holes in materials

  
• quick clamp

  used for:

  • holding small objects
  • securing lightweight materials
  • temporarily fastening during gluing or painting

  
• coping saw

  used for:

  • cutting intricate external shapes and interior cut-outs in woodworking or carpentry

  
• bench bevel edged chisel

  used for:

  • rough chopping in conjunction with a mallet
  • fine paring by hand

  
• mallet

  used for:

  • knocking wooden pieces together
  • driving dowels
  • hitting chisels
  • applying pressure on joints

  
• bench hook

  used for:

  • holding a workpiece in place while croscutting with a hand saw

  
• centre punch

  used for:

  • marking the centre of a point

  
• file

  used for:

  • removing fine amounts of material from a workpiece

  
• tap

  used for:

  • cutting/forming internal threads

  
• chuck key

  used for:

  • tightening or loosening the jaws of a chuck

  
• marking gauge

  used for:

  • marking out lines for cutting or other operations

  
• tenon saw

  used for:

  • cutting short, accurate and precise jobs

  
• what materials can be laser cut

  1. Acrylic
  2. Plywood
  3. MDF (Medium Density Fiberboard)
  4. Cardboard
  5. POM (PolyOxyMethylene)
  6. Foam
  7. Metal
  8. Leather
  9. Plastic
  10. Cork
  11. Textiles
  12. Paper