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Chapter 5: Benchwork

A plate of aluminum stock clamped in a vise with layout fluid applied to an edge with a file resting on the edge.
Dovetail connection / Image Credit: Damon Donner, CC BY 4.0

As you have seen in previous chapters, there are several important steps to learning a new skill. For example, you must learn trade-specific terminology. This chapter will aid you in learning the terms used when performing benchwork. By the end of the chapter, you will also know what tools are used when performing benchwork. Benchwork refers to the task of using hand tools to fabricate a part. Beginning with how to hold work while you machine it, this chapter will introduce you to selecting the correct tool for the job and describe how these tools are used by skilled tradesmen.

Objectives

  • Exercise safe practices with off-hand grinding.
  • Correlate grinding wheels to the operations being performed.
  • Describe the purpose and use of basic hand tools and power tools.
  • Apply semi-precision measurement to part layout.

Key Terms

  • Benchwork
  • Bi-metal
  • Annealing
  • Chamfer
  • Dressing
  • Drill guide
  • File
  • Layout
  • Layout dye
  • Punch
  • Runout
  • Safe edge
  • Scribe
  • Straight edge
  • Tap drill
  • Thread tap
  • Thread tapping
  • Threading die
  • Tool rest
  • Transfer punch
  • Workholding
  • 3X Rule of Saw Teeth

Attributions

  1. Chapter opening image: Benchwork of filing the edge of stock material by Damon Donner, for WA Open ProfTech, © SBCTC, CC BY 4.0
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