Question 2
(2) (a) State two clothing habits that can cause accidents in a wood workshop.
(b) Describe how the teeth of a panel saw are set.
(c) List two wood lathe cutting tools.
Observation
Candidates were expected to:
(1) state two clothing habits that can cause accidents in a woodwork shop;
(2) describe how the teeth of a panel saw are set;
(3) list two wood lathe cutting tools.
The solution is as follows:
(a) Clothing habits that can cause an accident in a wood workshop:
(i) wearing loose/oversize outer clothing;
(ii) wearing loose apron/overall;
(iii) wearing long sleeve shirt;
(iv) wearing long hair;
(v) wearing jewelry (wrist watch, necklace, ring);
(vi) wearing flying tie;
(vii) wearing non protective foot wear;
(viii) wearing sagging trousers:
(ix) wearing unlaced foot wear;
(x) wearing inappropriate workshop clothing.
(b) How to set a panel saw teeth:
(A) By hand:
(i) mount the saw in a saw vice/bench vice;
(ii) mark the starting tooth on one end of the saw;
(iii) starting from the marked tooth, use a saw set to bend about ½ the top of each alternate tooth toward self;
(v) turn the saw around and bend the remaining teeth the same way.
OR
(B) Using machine:
(i) fix the saw on the machine vice;
(ii) mark the starting tooth;
(iii) set the machine to the amount of set required;
(iv) start the machine and adjust to start setting from the marked tooth to the end of the saw;
(v) stop the machine and turn the saw around;
(vi) start the machine to set alternate teeth;
(vii) stop machine and remove the saw.
(c) Wood lathe cutting tools:
Parting chisel, skew chisel, round nose chisel, square chisel, spear point chisel, roughing-out gouge, spindle gouge, bowel gouge, square scraper, flat or facing chisel, flat scraper, diamond scraper, spear point scraper.