Sawing - Course: Manual woodworking techniques. Instruction examples for practical vocational training (Institut für Berufliche Entwicklung, 23 p.): Instruction Example 2.4. Cutting of Plies

Sawing - Course: Manual woodworking techniques. Instruction examples for practical vocational training (Institut für Berufliche Entwicklung, 23 p.)

		(introduction...)
		Preliminary Remarks
		Instruction Example 2.1. Cutting to Length of a Board
		Instruction Example 2.2. Cutting to Length of Strips (Frame Strips)
		Instruction Example 2.3. Overlapping Joint
		Instruction Example 2.4. Cutting of Plies
		Instruction Example 2.5. Curves

The cutting of panels shall be practised on chipboards, fibreboards and plies.

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Material

A ply

Thickness: 4 mm

Tools, measuring and testing means

Folding rule, pencil, try square, straightedge, frame saw and pad saw (push-and-pull type cutting teeth)

Auxiliary accessories

Saw horses, carpenter’s bench

Necessary previous knowledge

Structure of a ply, measuring, scribing, reading of drawings

Sequence of operation		Comments

1.	Prepare the working place.	Check for completeness.

2.	Place the ply on the bench.

3.	Select and mark the datum edge.	It should be straight and undamaged.

4.	Scribe the width of the workpiece.	Take into account the working allowance and mark the cutting line with the straightedge.

5.	Select and check the saw.	Select a frame saw or a pad saw depending on the accessibility of the cutting line.

6.	Cut off.

7.	Scribe the cross cuts by means of the try square.	Take into account the working allowance.

8.	Perform crosscutting.	Attention with the end of the cut - prevent splintering!

9.	Check the result.	The panel can be used to fill the frame from the instruction example 2.3.

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