Year 10 Manufacturing (Resistant Material)
The Clock Project

 

Clock Project	Classwork/Homework	Week
Practical Skills Involved	Classwork/Homework
Marking out shapes (Making Template)	(I.T)	3
Cutting out shape using coping saws and hacksaws	Classwork	3
Edge Treatment using blades, glass paper, files, buffing machine	Classwork	4/5
Drilling to allow for the clock mechanism (Use of pattern drill bit)	Classwork	4
Cutting wood for laminated base	Classwork	4/5
Gluing up using G-cramps	Classwork	5
Planing wood, glass paper	Classwork	4/5
Use of varnish on Laminated wood	Classwork	6
Laminating layers of plastic	Classwork	4
Installing mechanism	Classwork	7

Design Skills Involved	Classwork/Homework	Week
Design Situation and Brief	(I.T)	1
Specifications	(I.T)	1
Initial Ideas	Homework/apply rendering	2
Finished Presentation Drawing	Classwork/Homework	2
Time Plan of Construction	Classwork/Homework	4
Evaluation	Classwork	7
Web diagram of possible themes	Classwork	1
Flowchart of Construction	(I.T)	3/4
Orthographic of Clock Mechanism	(I.T)	3
Research Clocks and Imagery	Internet/magazines/photographs	2
Jigs and Templates/Patterns	Homework	6

Theory Involved	Classwork/Homework	Week
Plastics (Thermoplastics and Thermosetting Plastics)	Classwork	2
Properties of certain Plastics	Classwork	3
Cutting Tools(Hacksaws and Coping Saws)	Classwork	5
Edge Treatment of Acrylic	Diary Homework	3
How materials are prepared for manufacture allowing for waste and fine line finishing.	Classwork	3
Self-Finishing(Acrylic). Applied Finishing(Laminated Base) for aesthetic purposes and functional purposes.	Classwork	6
Pre-manufactured components - Clock Mechanisms	Homework-Research Components	5
British Standards Symbol-Use of British Standards	Classwork	7
Marking Out Techniques-Tools/Equipment	Diary Homework	2