STRUCTURES & MECHANISMS: Pulleys

Here's an in-depth explanation of pulleys (activate subtitles if necessary):

STRUCTURES & MECHANISMS: Let's play!

In this lesson we're going to have fun playing 2 interesting games:

• STRUCTURES: West Point Bridge Designer
• Download EXE setup file from here
• Sample Youtube tutorial below

• MECHANISMS: Gears & Chains
• Visit this web link if you see a "Get Adobe Flash" icon

EXAM: Wood & its derivatives

This is a guide to study this lesson.

• ALL key concepts
• ALL proposed exercises  
• Getting wood process
• Classifying wood: harwoods (decidious trees): beech, oak, mahogan / softwoods (conifer): pine, silver fir, white poplar.
• Derivatives of wood
• Engineered wood: plywood, chipboard, fibreboard
• Cellulose materials (the process of making paper)
• Properties of wood
• Key concepts
• Cut against the grain or with the grain
• Equipment, tools and machines (identify pictures, name them, classify them...)
• Measuring
• Drawing marks & lines
• Cut & saw
• Drill
• Curve & plane
• Sand
• Join
• Painting
• How to use: handsaw, fret saw, gimlet, rasp, sandpaper