WEEK: ONE( 1)
Subject:
BasicTechnology
Topic:DrawingPracti
ce
Sub-Topic:TheUseofCommonDr awingInst
ruments
Class:Year7.
LessonObj ect
ives:
Byt heendoft
helesson,Ishoul
dbeabl
eto:
(i
)ment ionatleast3commondr awinginst
rument s,
(i
i)stat
et hefuncti
on(
s)ofeachoftheinstr
ument s,
(
ii
i)dif
ferent
iatebetweeninst
rumentsandmat er
ials,
(
iv)st
ateatleastthreewaysofcari
ngfordrawinginstr
umentsanddr
awi
ngmat
eri
als.
Dr
awi
ngPr
act
ice
TechnicalDrawi ngisauni versall anguageusedamongt echnicalpeoplesuchas
engineers,designer s,builder
s,draught smene. t.
cf orcommuni cation.St
udyof
drawinghel psust ocommuni cateandexpr essourselveseasi
lywi t
houttalki
ngor
askingquest i
ons.Ther efore,
learningofdr awingisveryimportantbecause;
(a)Itshor t
ensl ongst atement( i
nwr it
tenform).
(b)Itconceal s(hides)somesecr etiveinf
ormationexcepttothel earnedinthef
iel
d.
(c)Itshowst heuni quenessofapr ofessi
on.
TheUseofCommonDr
awi
ngI
nst
rument
s
Drawi ngInstr
ument s:Drawi nginstrument sarenon-consumableit
emsuseddur i
ng
technicaldrawing.Ifwell t
akencar eof,t
heycanr emainf oral
ongt i
me.
Inor dertodrawaccur atel
y ,
wemakeuseofi nst
rumentsandmat erial
s.
Someoft heseinstrument sar e;T-square,
Scaler ul
e,Drawingboar d, Set-square(60by30deg. and45deg. t
ypes),
Frenchcur ves,
Drawi ngpaperclips(adhesivet apes),Drawi ngpapere.t
.c.
1.Dr awingboar d:Apl atform( fl
atsurface),onwhichdrawingsheetisstretched(lai
d)
beforedrawingst art
s.Wehav etwot ypesnamely,“Halfi
mperial
”and“ Fulli
mper i
al”
buthalfimperialisrecommendedf orsecondaryschool st
udents.
2.Tee-
square:At ee-squareisaT-shapedwooden/ plasti
c/metal
li
cdrawingtool
,used
i
ndrawinghorizont alli
nes.I
tisalsousedforsett
ingpaperont hedrawingboard
andforsupportingt hesetsquareduri
ngdrawing.Itisplacedonthedrawingboard,
wit
hthe“stock”att helefthand-
sideoftheboard.
3.Set-
squar
es:Thesearetri
angul
ar-
shapedplast
icdr
awi
ngi
nst
rument
s,usedf
or
drawi
ngvert
icall
inesordi
agonal(
slantl
i
nes).
4.Scal
eRul
e:Thi
sisa30cm woodenorpl
ast
icr
uler
,usedf
ormeasur
ingl
engt
hsand
fordi
mensi
oni
ngscal
eddrawi
ngs.
(5)
.Prot
ract
or:
Thepr
otr
act
ori
sapl
ast
icsemi
-ci
rcul
ari
nst
rument
,usedf
ormeasur
ing
angl
es.
(6)
.Frenchcurves:Thi
sinst
rumenti
susedtodr
awdi f
fer
entt
ypes,
sizesandshapesof
curv
es.Theflexi
blecur
veisusedfort
hesamepurpose.
(7)
.Drawi
ngSet
:Thi
sisapackcont
aini
ngdi
ff
erentdr
awi
ngi
temsl
i
kepai
rofcompass,
div
ider
,et
c.
(8)
:Compass:Acompassisusedf
ordr
awi
ngci
rcl
esandar
cs.Ther
eist
hesmal
lbow
compassandthel
arge–si
zecompass.
Dr
awi
ngMat
eri
als
Drawi
ngmat
eri
alsar
eit
emst
hatget
sconsumedwi
thuse.Theygetexhaust
edwi
th
ti
me.
Thismeanst hatthediff
erencebetweendrawi
ngi
nst
rument
sanddr
awi
ngmater
ialsi
s
that
whiledrawi
ngi nstr
umentsdonotgetconsumedasonemakesuseoft
hem,
drawing
material
sgetsused- upwhendrawing.
Drawingmaterialsincl
udethefol
lowing:
(
i)
.Dr
awi
ngpaper
:Thepapercommonl
yusedf
ort
echni
cal
drawi
ngi
stheA3paper
.
St
andar
dsi
zeofdr
awi
ngsheet
sar
e:
Desi
gnat
ion Si
ze(
mm)
A0 -
--
-- 1189x841
A1-
--
--
--
--
-- 841x594
A2-
--
--
--
--
-- 594x420
A3-
--
--
--
--
--
- 420x297
A4-
--
--
--
--
--
-- 297x210
A5-
--
--
--
--
--
-- 210x148
(
ii
).Pencil
s:Thegr
adeofpenci
ll
eadi
smar
kedont
hepenci
l
.Fori
nst
ance,
HBdenot
es
medium grade.
I
ncr
easei
nhar
dnessi
sshownbyv
alueputi
nfr
ontofHsuchas2H,
3H,
etc.For
i
nst
ancea3Hpenci
li
shar
dert
hana2Hpenci
l
.
Soft
erpenci
lsar
emarkedas2B,3B,4B,et
c.Penci
lmar
ked3Bi
ssof
tert
han2Bpenci
l
.
Penci
lmarked4Bissof
tert
han3B,etc.
Star
ti
ngadrawi
ngmaybemadewi t
hHor2Hpenci
l
s.
Lett
eri
nganddi
mensi
oni
ngshoul
dbedonewi
thHandHBpenci
l
s.
(i
ii
).Pencilshar
pener
s:Thisi
samat eri
alusedtoshar
penal
lpenci
l
stoaconi
cal
poi
nt
shape.Itcontai
nsabladeonplast
icormetalfr
ame.
(i
v).Emerycl
oth:Inst
eadofre-
shar
peningthepencil
,thi
smater
iali
susedtorestor
e
sharpnesstothepencil
whenthepencill
eadisrubbedonit.
(v).Dust
ingBrush:Thebrushi
susedtoremov edir
tfrom t
hepaperaf
terer
asing.
Tissuepapercanservethesamepurpose.
(
vi)
.Er
aser:
Ast henameimpli
es,
thi
smat
eri
ali
susedt
oremov
e(er
ase)mi
stakes.I
tis
madeofsoftqual
it
yrubber
.
(
vii
):Dr
awi
ngPaperFi
le:
Thi
sisaf
il
ewher
edr
awi
ngpaper(
A3)i
sneat
lykept
.
Car
eofDr
awi
ngTool
s/Mat
eri
als
Justaswecar ef orour
sel ves, soalsoourdr awingi nstr
ument sshoul dbecaredforor
handledwi thcar e:
A.Dr awi ngboar d:Donotusepi nsont hedrawingboar d.Uset apes( oradhesi
ves).
Always
Cov ert heboardf acewhennoti nuse.
B.Tee-squar e:Nev eruset het ee-squarel i
keawal kingstickorswor d.Neveruseany
sharptool alongt heedge( blade)ofat ee-squareandkeepi tcleanal ways.
C.Set-squar es, scalerules,pr otr
actorsandFr enchcur vesshoul dnotbei ncontact
withshar pobj ects.Keept hem saf einacupboar d/drawer/t
ool-rack.
D.Pai rofcompasses/ Dividers:Nev erusetheseaspaper -holders.Donotuset hei
r
needle-poi nttopunchhol es.
NB:Gener all
y ,
alli
nstrument sshouldbekepti ntheirpacketsaf t
eruse.Acupboar dis
i
deall
yusedf orkeepingdr awi ngtools.
Assignment
:
1. Menti
onthreecommondrawingtoolsandstat
ethef
uncti
on(s)ofeachoft
he
t
ool
s
2.Stat
eatleast3waysofcar
ingfordrawingt
oolsandmater
ial
s.
3. At
temptthequest
ionsi
nExer
cise9(
Nos1-
3)ofFundament
alFact
sinBasi
c
Technol
ogyBk1(P.
66).
TEACHER:MR.ALVAN
PHONENO:07034725512
