Grade 11 - Stationary Equipment

PRESCRIBED LEARNING OUTCOMES

• identify and describe the set-up and use of the following stationary equipment:
  • cutting equipment
  • boring equipment
  • shaping equipment
  • finishing equipment
    
• perform rip and cross-cut operations, cut irregular shapes, and machine dadoes, rabbets, and tenons, using cutting equipment
  
• perform drilling operations and machine mortises using boring equipment
  
• machine material to prescribed dimensions and profile edges using shaping equipment
  
• perform sanding and final shaping operations using finishing equipment
  

SUGGESTED INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES

• Provide students with the drawings for a small project (e.g., jewellery box). Discuss the various joints required. Through class discussion, have students explain the set-up requirements for the required operations on the stationary equipment. After appropriate demonstrations, have students build this project to demonstrate the various set-ups and develop the capabilities for using this equipment.
• Have students demonstrate their knowledge of safety requirements by properly setting up and using each piece of equipment.
• Prepare a table saw for a particular operation (e.g., a dado set-up). Have each student practise changing the current set-up (dado) to a rip set-up and vice-versa.
  
  

SUGGESTED ASSESSMENT STRATEGIES

• As students describe the set-up and safe use of stationary equipment, consider the extent to which they demonstrate understanding of:
  • blade heights for various operations
  • guard positioning
  • appropriate blades or bits for the job
  • feed rates for the work
  • personal safety
  • grain direction when feeding certain machines
  • operational versatility of various machines.
• As students begin to work on their projects, observe and note to what extent they are able to set up, safety test, and use the equipment. During students' set-up of equipment, evaluate their responses to questions such as:
  • Why did you set the blade height in that manner?
  • How thick a cut per pass is appropriate?
  • How is the push stick to be used for this operation?
  • How is the guard to be used?
  • Is this the safest way to perform this operation?
  • Why do you use a splitter?
  • What do you do if the piece of wood is narrower than the height of the fence?
  • How would you prevent having thin pieces shoot out of this machine?
  • How can you ensure that the back side of the board is not torn out during the drilling operation?
  • How would you prevent jamming in this machine?
  • How would you cut multiple pieces of exactly the same length on this machine?
  • What can you do to ensure that this piece of wood is held down for this operation?
    
    

RECOMMENDED LEARNING RESOURCES

 Print Materials

• Exploring Woodworking
• Modern Cabinetmaking
• Modern Woodworking
• Trades Common Core
• Wood Technology and Processes
• Working Wood

 Video

• Large Wood Power Tools I
• Large Wood Power Tools II
  

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