[https://www.blocklayer.com/ '''Calculators, Plans and Templates'''] for contractors - builders - remodellers - carpenters - woodw
* Projects and Templates
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...uggies.builtforfun.co.uk/index.php '''Electric vehicle plans'''], building and hobby engineering site
...ion, links to component and materials suppliers, a component search engine and great value plans for sale.
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...s.ca'''] is an engineer's woodworking website - new articles every week ''(and sometimes in between)''
...is neccessarily suitable for use in UK schools. Always check local Health and Safety requirements before embarking on any project
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...ks, 3D models, 2D patterns, software and a knowledge section. Many designs and plans are offered, most of which users will wish to adapt somewhat, but all
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== Welcome to Design and Technology Online ==
=== <span style="color: green">''regularly revised and expanded''</span> ===
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...ssion. Stone or brick [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masonry '''masonry'''] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cast-iron_architecture '''cast iron'''] was o
...one using a single sheet of '''[[Paper and Card|A4 thin card]]''' or paper and tape or glue the ends together. Place a small square of thick card or board
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[[Category:Manufacturing Projects]]
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...boo'''] garden canes each approximately 1 metre long ''(i.e. between 600mm and 1200mm)''
...ay be made by adding coloured tissue paper fixed in place using '''[[Glues and Pastes|P.V.A. glue]]'''.
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...mounted like a tall seesaw. There is a water bucket suspended from one end and a counterweight is positioned towards the other.
...s 1 Lever]]''': pulling against the counterweight as the bucket is lowered and, as it is raised, the counterweight provides the '''Effort''' to lift the w
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...lacksmithing|forged]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrought_iron iron] and fixed to one end.
...forceful swinging motion. Alternatively the beam could be pushed backwards and forwards on rollers to make it easier. A further refinement was to place th
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...''' within a sliding frame to assist. In use, one child operates the drill and another holds the work-piece to be drilled.
* All materials and sections commonly available in a secondary school D&T Department
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...found in a burial chamber. The ground floor provided shelter for livestock and a series of steps led up to the general living space on the first floor or
...oking area was located in the courtyard and it is here where general craft and other activities took place.
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Some general proportions and a basic method of construction is shown opposite.
...op the '''Bridle''' over one finger and suspend the '''Kite''' upside down and so a temporary '''Bridle''' can be used until the shape of thew '''Keel'''
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Design and make a small table mirror based around a 150mm x 150mm square mirror.
* 3mm and 4mm Acrylic sheet on which the mirror is mounted.
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...lifting process but, in general, dragging loaded '''Sleds''' along tracks and up ramps, at least for part of the journey, was likely to have been underta
...think would be the best angle for a ramp which pyramid builders could use and why?
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Design and make a Sundial to suit your home location '''[[Latitude]]''' which can be s
...able material ''(e.g. stainless steel rod or brass plate for '''[[Sundials and Gnomons|Gnomon]]''', fixing screws, coloured polyester resign to fill reces
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...pieces and thirteen ‘black’ pieces. One of the black pieces was the ‘king’ and was bigger than the others. A typical board had 169 ''(13 x 13)'' or 121 sq
...the 24 white pieces on the patterned squares around the edge of the board and the 13 black pieces on the patterned squares in the middle of the board. Th
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...:Category:Stripwood Technology|Stripwood Technology]]''' techniques, tools and materials as described in that section of '''[[:Category:Stripwood Technolo
A reasonably quick and easy way to make a model '''Turris''' is based on card stiffened with lengt
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''(Designers might call this the Design Brief and/or the Specification)''
...iki/Race_game '''Race Game'''] which each player has one piece or counter and takes it in turn to throw a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dice '''Dice''']
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Some general proportions and a basic method of construction is shown opposite. The ''''Cross Spar'''' of
...'''[[Kite Design Basics|Dihedral]]''', the kite becomes '''Tetrahedral''' and several can be joined together to make a '''Multi-cell''' kite ''(you will
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