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Summary of OCR GCSE DT tools

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Full revision notes covering all the tools you'll use for the OCR GCSE DT course- this includes how they're used, why they're used, as well as all of their possible applications. Links to the spec are made where relevant.

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Marking Out Tools
Steel Rule


Divided into millimetres that is the main unit of measurement
in Design. The difference between a Rule and a Ruler is that
a Rule can measure right from the end.


Scriber (Metal)
Marking Knife (Wood)
Hardened Steel point scratches the
Angled blade cuts surface of metal. It is used like a
a clean line which pencil. Metal is often coated in
locates cutting Engineers Marking Blue first so
tools. that the silver scratch lines stand
out.

,Try Square (Wood) or
Engineers Square
This tool is used to mark out
lines at 90 degrees or test if a
piece of material is square as
shown below.




Testing a planned or filed
edge for squareness

,Mitre Square (Wood)
This tool works in the same
way as a Try Square but it
marks and tests angles of 45
degrees.



Sliding Bevel (Wood)

This tool is fully adjustable to
any angle. It is set using a
Protractor then tightened with
the screw.

, Combination Square
This tool has a variety of marking and measuring functions
as shown below. The dial allows very accurate angle setting
without a protractor

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