Math & Measurements
Which is greater?
1/4" or 3/16"
Answer = 1/4"
Turn into 16ths, 1/4" x 4/4 = 4/16"
4/16" > 3/16"
This tool is commonly used to make square and miter cuts with a continuous blade, which can be oriented horizontally or vertically.
What is a band saw?
This type of welding power source (welding machine) is usually large, and heavy, due to the size of the step-down transformer required for 60 Hz AC.
What is a "transformer" machine?
This 1983 American romantic drama dance film features a welder-by-day who aspires to become a professional ballerina.
What is "Flashdance"?
What is the nominal size (diameter) of a 3/8-16 bolt?
3/8 inch
What half of 1.5 inches?
.75" or 3/4"
1.5"/2=.75"
or
1.5" = 3/2" so (3/2" x 1/2) = 3/4" = .75"
This hydraulic machine is used to cut sheet metal and plate of various thickness, some may have a back-gauge that can be controlled by entering digital numbers on a keypad.
What is a hydraulic sheet/plate shear?
This type of power source is used for FCAW
Constant Voltage or CV
This 1980 futuristic sci-fi film features a large, long-haired character repairing a space craft
piloted....by Han Solo.
What is Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
A bolt with a circular ring on the head end. Used for attaching a rope or chain.
Eye bolts
= 20 ft.2
("20 square feet")
This machine is used to make holes of various sizes in plate (PL), HSS (Hollow Structural Shape), and Flat Bar (FB). Wearing gloves, jewelry, long sleeves or having long hair can be hazardous.
What is a drill press?
What 2 features do you adjust on a CV (Constant Voltage) power source to dial in the correct settings?
Voltage (V) and Wire Feed Speed (WFS)
This 2008 movie features a tech-billionaire superhero who made his first suit while in captivity.
Iron Man
Bolts with a smooth rounded head that has a small square section underneath.
Carriage Bolts
True or False
7/8" > 15/16"
False
7/8" x 2/2 = 14/16"
14/16" < 15/16"
This machine can have different coarseness abrasive belts used to round sharp corners and remove metal material.
What is a belt sander?
What are the typical units of WFS (Wire Feed Speed)?
IPM or Inches Per Minute
This 2007 horror-drama film with Josh Brolin, stated he could "weld anything".
No Country for Old Men
Machine screws with no head for screwing all the way into threaded holes.
Set screws
What is 13 x 13 =?
169
This common hand-held fabrication tool requires gloves to be worn and features a disc guard and handle. It's used for a variety of uses such as cutting, removing material and smoothing surfaces, depending on the disc.
What is an angle grinder?
What is the name of the "consumable" part on a GMAW machine that provides the electrical path to the electrode (wire)?
Contact tip
some common sizes: .025", .030", .035", .045", .052"
This 1980s TV series features a dude who could make anything with whatever he had laying around. He also sported a mullet at times. You might say that you "__________"-ed something if you managed to make anything.
Macgyver
What is the wrench size needed to tighten a shielding gas line in the back of a GMAW machine? Most gas lines use this size.
11/16"