Woodwork Command Cards

Woodwork Kit - Command Card 1

Woodwork Kit - Command Card 2

On a piece of wood, draw and cut a line at 90 degrees.

On a piece of wood, draw and cut a line at 45 degrees.

Reflect on this task by answering the questions below in your

journal. Remember to write your answers in sentences.

Reflect on this task by answering the questions below in your

journal. Remember to write your answers in sentences.

1. What tools did you use to complete this task?

2. How did you work out the size of the angle?
3. Was this task difficult? Why/why not?

1. What tools did you use to complete this task?

2. How did you work out the size of the angle?
3. Was this task difficult? Why/why not?

Woodwork Kit - Command Card 3

Woodwork Kit - Command Card 4

In the middle of a piece of wood, draw a line at 180 degrees.

Place an additional piece of wood underneath your first piece
of wood (this is to protect the table when you drill).
Mark and drill 6 evenly spaced holes along your drawn line.

In the middle of a piece of wood, draw a line at 180 degrees.

Mark and drill 6 evenly spaced, differently sized holes along
the line.
Remember to place an additional piece of wood underneath
your first piece of wood to protect the table when you drill.
Find different pieces of wood that will stick in each hole and
stay there.

Reflect on this task by answering the questions below in your

journal. Remember to write your answers in sentences.
1. What tools did you use?
2. How did you work out the spacing of the holes?
3. Was this task difficult? Why/why not?

Reflect on this task by answering the questions below in your

journal. Remember to write your answers in sentences.

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1. What tools did you use?

2. Was it difficult to find wood that would stick in each
hole?
3. Where might you see something like this? Draw a
picture of it.

Woodwork Kit - Command Card 5

Woodwork Kit - Command Card 6

In the middle of a piece of wood, draw a line at 180 degrees.

Mark and drill 6 different sized holes, evenly spaced along the
line.
Remember to place an additional piece of wood underneath
your first piece of wood to protect the table when you drill.
Find 6 different pieces of wood that will fit into each hole and
cannot easily be pulled out.

Mark and drill single holes in the ends of 2 thin pieces of

wood.
Find a peg that will connect both pieces of wood together with
a little glue.

Reflect on this task by answering the question below in your

journal. Remember to write your answer in sentences.
1. Was it difficult to find wood (we call these pegs)
that would fit into each hole? Why/why not?

Reflect on this task by answering the questions below in your

journal. Remember to write your answers in sentences.
1. What tools did you use?

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Accurately draw each peg. You will need to use a ruler to

measure each peg.

2. Was it difficult to fit the peg into both pieces of

wood? Why/why not?

Woodwork Kit - Command Card 7

Woodwork Kit - Command Card 8

On a piece of wood, draw two lines at 90 degrees.

Mark two dots equal distances apart on each line.
Drill a different sized hole at each mark.

Draw a line in the middle of a piece of wood at 90 degrees.

Mark two straight lines on your wood that start exactly
opposite to each other and meet exactly in the middle at the
end of the wood.

Insert four screws halfway into the wood in each hole.

Reflect on this task by answering the questions below in your
journal. Remember to write your answers in sentences.
1. Which hole was easiest to insert the screw into?
2. Which screw has the strongest hold (will not come
out of its hole)?

Clamp the wood in a vice and cut along the two lines that
meet in the middle.
Reflect on this task by answering the questions below in your
journal. Remember to write your answers in sentences.
1. How did you locate the middle point of the wood?
2. Was it easy or hard to cut along the lines?

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3. Do you think the lines you cut are straight?

3. How would you match a drill bit to the correct screw?

Woodwork Kit - Command Card 9

Draw a line in the middle of a piece of wood at 90 degrees.
Mark two identical curved lines in your wood that start exactly
opposite on each other and meet exactly in the middle, at the
end of the wood.

Clamp the wood in a vice and cut along the two lines that
meet in the middle.
Reflect on this task by answering the questions below in your
journal. Remember to write your answers in sentences.
1. How did you ensure the curved lined were identical?

Place your wood on your journal and, using a pencil, trace

along both of your cut lines.

Woodwork Kit - Command Card 10

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2. Was it easy or hard to cut along the lines? Why/why

not?
3. Are there other tools you could use to cut a curved
line? Draw examples of these tools in your journal.