Constructional materials / edited by John Cave. - Glasgow : Nelson Blackie, 1993. - 46p : ill ; 30cm + spiral - Access technology .

Illustrated by Nadine Wood.

Introduction -- Materials and their uses -- Work organiser -- Metals -- Plastics -- Wood -- Marking out metal -- Marking out plastics -- Marking out wood -- Holding work -- Cutting wood with saws -- Cutting wood with chisels -- Cutting metals -- Cutting plastics -- Making holes in metal -- Making holes in plastics -- Making holes in wood -- Joining metals by soft soldering -- Joining metals by hard soldering -- Joining metals with fastenings -- Joining dissimiliar materials -- Joining plastics with adhesives -- Making frames in wood -- Making boxes in wood -- Joining wood with knockdown fittings -- Forming wood by bending -- Joining wood with screws, pins and other fastenings -- Hinging materials together -- Making screw threads -- Forming sheet metal -- Forming metal by sand casting -- Vacuum forming plastics -- Forming plastics by injection moulding -- Forming plastics by bending -- Forming plastics by pressing -- Finishes for metals -- Finishes for plastics -- Finishes for wood -- Smoothing metals -- Smoothing plastics -- Smoothing wood -- Two important machine tools.

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Building materials--Equipment and supplies.
Building materials--Study and teaching.

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