USE OF A SHEET METAL TO BUILD UP A MUG(PART 1)

One of the characteristics of the skilled worker is the way in which he selects & uses the tools of his trades. The materials things we possess are made from substance which in the first place our own from the earth or nature. Our priority depends on our ability to convert these raw materials into useful articles of consumption. For this reason, this is turned as machine age for its use of machines.

      The productions that may have small or big metal of sheet shops are:

1.      Making household instrument

2.      Making fabricating duet

3.      Making air conditioning duet system

Tools required & description:

1.      Hammer

2.      Ball peen hammer

3.      Spring divider

4.      Scriber

5.      Steel scale

6.      Rivet set

7.      Hand Groover  or Grove liner

8.      Mallet

9.      Hand share

10.  Chisel

11.  Drift Punch

       1.                       Hammer:

 It is essential that all sheet metal workers must have a or different types of hammer. There are types of hammers.

1.      Riveting hammer

2.      Setting hammer

3.      Nail hammer

4.      Ball peen hammer

5.       Raising hammer   

2.                       Ball peen hammer:

The ball peen hammer or machinist’s hammer has a round, slightly curved face & round head like a ball.

                     

3.                       Spring divider:

For circular making on stepping of equal distance a pair of spring dividers is the best.

                                           

4.                       Scriber:

The universal making tools is a conical point of hand sheet is called scriber.

5.                       Steel scale:

It is used for measuring tools. The steel scale is required for accurate layout of work in pattern drafting.

      

6.                       Rivet set:

A rivet set is a common hand tools made of steel. The deep hole in the bottom is used to draw a rivet through metals.

                                            

                                                                        

7.                       Hand groover:

The hand groover is used when grooving a seam by hand. The end of the tool is recessed to fit over the lock, making the grooved seam.

                                         

8.                       Mallet:

The mallet is one of the most abused tools because it is often used to perform operations for which it is not designed. Mallets are properly used where steel hammers would deface the work.

                                           

9.                       Hand share:

It is very useful things for any sheet metal workshop. It is made of metal. It is used to cut the sheet metals.

                   

10.                       Chisel:

                        Chisel is used for cutting & shaping metal. Sheet metal workers use “Flat Cold Chisel” more than the other types. There are three or four types of chisels. As-

i)                    Flat cold chisel

ii)                  Cape chisel

iii)                Diamond point chisel

iv)                Round point chisel

                                              

11.                       Drift punch:

                       It is one of the common tools which are used in steel metal workshop.