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type: training-material
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source: hawkcollective Google Drive
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date: 2026-05-03
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growth: tree
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# Mechanical Level 2
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Mechanical Level 2
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Tools
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2890 The Hawk Collective
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Hand Tool Identification and Purpose
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Hammer
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Original Intended to drive and remove nails. Our team most often uses it as a heavy “persuader” to move objects into place.
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Most of the time the surface of the persuaded object is damaged in the process.
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Safety: Striking hard surfaces can cause bits of the hammer or bits of the object to break off that can damage humans around you.
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Soft faced hammer used to tamp objects together.
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The better choice to use when “persuading”
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Types
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Deadblow -has sand in it to reduce bouncing
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Non-marring - rubber will not leave a skid mark on the object
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Double Sided - has two types of materials on them with different attributes such as hardness or marrablitiy.
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Mallot
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Safety: Mallots can bounce in unpredictable directions when striking surfaces
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Generic name for a marking device normally consisting of a pointed or sharp hard metal object used like a pencil to make marks in softer materials like wood aluminum or plastic.
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Also called a “Scratch Awl”
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Scribe
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Safety: Pointy OUCH!
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Used to remove edges after metal is cut or drilled.
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Deburring Tool
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Safety: Working with sharp edges.
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A device used for rotating screws with matching head shapes.
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Philips, Slot(flathead), Square, and Torx are the most common. We work almost exclusively in Hex Socket Cap.
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Screwdriver
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Safety: Not to be used as a Wago or Pry bar.
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One of the most common used tools on our team. The main two sizes we use are 3/16 and 5/32.
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Can be ballended or square. Ball-end allows you to get at a screw at angle other than perpendicular but has less surface contact and is more likely to strip.
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Come in metric and standard sizes. If it seems loose you might be in the wrong group.
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Allen Key/Hex Key
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Safety:
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Can have special functions, but all are used to check for perpendicular or to make marks perpendicular to a plane.
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Square
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Combination
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Safety:
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Speed
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Builders
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TriSquare
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Used to put a small indentation into a material to limit the amount of drill bit “skating” on a smoothe or rounded surface.
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Can be spring loaded/mechanical or manual
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Center Punch
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Safety: Can put “large indentions” in flesh.
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Used with special connectors to connect wire to devices without any soldering or external connectors.
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Wago Tool
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Safety: Can slip and implail if not used properly
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Used to hold or turn a nut or bolt.
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Our team primarily uses one size ⅜ with our ¼ -20 nylock nuts
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Only us a crescent wrench as a last resort (after your fingers and teeth* have failed).
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Wrench
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Safety:
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*Sarcasm
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Box/Open Ended
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Socket/Ratchet
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Crescent
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Pliers are used for grasping, twisting, clamping, and bending parts.
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Often used to aid in assembling oversized parts.
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As a last resort can be used on nuts and bolts.
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Pliers
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Safety:
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Power Tool Identification and Purpose
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We have a few bands saws that we use for the robot.
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Metal- we have a green cordless and a larger black one. These have blades with small teeth. While we call these metal saws they do not cut all metals. If you are unsure ask. But as
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Wood/plastic- lager grey bandsaw.
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Band Saw
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Safety: Safety lesson required before use.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fJv2f6-014
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We have modified a cordless chop saw to cut metal. We added a non-ferrous metal cutting blade (soft metals only), and an enlarged fence.
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This saw does shoot shavigns out the back, so pay attention to what is directly behind it, such as another teams pit !
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-Securely clamp the item
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-Let the blade come to full speed
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-Let the blade do the cutting
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-Allow the blade to stop before lifting the blade out of the workpiece.
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Chop Saw
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Safety: Safety lesson required before use.
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Need to film a how to video.
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Drill presses are used to drill holes thought items. They can be outfitted with sanders, counter boars and other items.
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A special “key” (chuck key) is used to tighten the “bit-heder”(chuck).
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When drilling through materials with smooth or round surfaces a center punch is used to “start” the hole by giving the drill bit a place to sit in.
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Drill Press
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Safety: Safety lesson required before use.
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We use hand drills to make holes, grind and smooth edges,/holes, and install nuts and bolts.
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Speed is controlled by the gearbox switch on top and the trigger. Direction is controlled by the switch above the trigger.
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The chuck is tightened around the bit by hand or by hand assisted with the drill motor.
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Hand Drill
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Safety:
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The small metal lathe is used for many things. Most often the material is locked into a large multi-jawed chuck. The tools are then mechanically pushed up against the the surface of the material and shaved to change its shape.
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Metal Lathe
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Safety:
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Table Saw
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Manual Mill- Our team has access to a manual mill that can be used to shape metals ( and woods and plastics) to a shape including slots and holes.
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CNC Mill - we have retrofitted older mill that can be “driven” via a computer to make a repeatable shape or series of shapes in a material. These “cuts” can be coded using a numerical system called G-Code or you can use a software package that creates the G-Code from a graphical toolpath.
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Mill
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Safety: Safety lesson required before use.
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CNC Router - used to cut shapes out of metal plastic and wood. Also used to a limited degree to drill holes.
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CNC Router
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Safety: Safety lesson required before use.
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To Achieve Mechanical Technician Level 2
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Next-Mech Tech Level 3
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Review safety guidelines for each tool.
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Get supervised “hands on time” with each tool.
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Schedule an in person test with a Mechanical Trainer
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Cut and dress a piece of square tube to size. Be no more than 1/16 out of spec
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Drill two ¼” holes a specific distance apart.
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Wheels
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Gearboxes
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Chassis design
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