British Project. IES Puerta de cuartos. 1º ESO

We are a group of students involved in a bilingual project at the IES Puerta de Cuartos in Talavera de la Reina Toledo. It´s a program supported by Ministerio de Educación and The British Council. With this Blog we would like to share with the students and teachers community some of our learning experiences as well as to inform our parents about the homework we´ve got every day.

Wednesday, January 23, 2008


Types of Hammer`s

In the World there is a lot of types of hammers and this are same:

The carpenter’s hammer can be in two patterns.

The claw hammer it is made in the shape of a claw, it is use to pull nails out.

The ripping hammer has a straight claw and we use it too, to take nails off.

The finishing hammer it is recommended for small workshops and general used for heavier framing work. And they have smooth faces.

The tack hammer it is used for driving tacks and brads and some magnetic heads.

Ball peen hammer: the face of the ball peen hammer is rounded with beleved edges.

Mallets: it is use primarily for striking another objects. Mallets are soft-faced , and are use mostly with wood and plastic-handle chisels.

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Saturday, January 12, 2008

Pliers

Pliers were invented in Europe around 2000Bc, in that years they used the pliers to take lot objects. The Pliers are a special and important tool because we used a lot, and because of that there are a lot of different types.

There are different types of pliers:

Round Nose Pliers: It has round jaws, it is used for bending curves.

Straight Nose Pliers: It has smooth flat jaws, it is used for straight wire, for making sharp curves and for geverdl work.

Ring Bending Pliers: It has one flat jaw and the other half-round jaw, it is used for bending gentle curves.

Household Pliers: It is used for working with large gauge wire.

Wire Cutters: There are two types of Wire Cutters, the regular bevel-edge cutters and semifush cutters.

Mole Grips: It is also know as locking pliers and vice grips.

Parallel Pliers: It is used in many mechanism to regular pliers, the jaws remain parallel to each other as they move.

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