1. Engineering - Year 8 Phone Holder
Student name:
Group:
Teacher:

2. 1. Key words… Please fill in the meaning of each key word… Lathe
Oil blacking
Mild Steel
Stainless Steel
Construction / Assembly
Tap a thread
Surface finish
Aluminium
Acrylic
M5 Bolt
Swarf
Accuracy / Tolerance
Useful spellings:
We will cover all of these words throughout this project…

3. Designs bridges and structures
Increases the efficiency of planes or cars by understanding shape and air flow
Designs bridges and structures
Designs new buildings
Designs new cars or car engines
Designs the latest ‘must have product’ just like Steve Jobs at Apple
Inspires the next generation of Engineers
Helps reduce pollution by developing or designing new ways of generating energy
Designs aircraft parts or jet engines

4. Sustainable Technology
2. What is Engineering?
Engineering Teacher
Aero - Engineer
Sustainable Technology
Aerodynamics
Automotive Engineer
Product Designer
Architect
Civil Engineer

5. 3. Design Brief & Specification
What is a design brief?
Phone Holder Design Brief
Design and make …………………………………. The ………….. must be kept upright in a the holder that will not …………... the ………… The ………….. holder must be made with a high degree of ……………… to ensure the end product is of high ……………. allowing a long working life. The design must allow easy removal of the …………… and be stable so when in use it cannot be knocked…………….. . All the manufacturing must use ……………… …………………………………………………………………………………………….
a phone holder
over
phone
scratch
phone
accuracy
quality
phone
phone
tools and machinery in the school workshop
Specification
Aesthetics:
The products appearance / the way it looks / its style.
Ergonomics
How will you make the product easy to use?
Function:
What the product does and how it does it.
Materials:
What its made from and why.

6. Rearrange, repeat, Rotate Rearrange, repeat, Rotate
4. Design Inspiration…
What to do? Stick your image in the first box then follow the instructions in the next boxes.
Stick image here
Focus on some shapes
Rearrange, repeat, Rotate
Stick image here
Focus on some shapes
Rearrange, repeat, Rotate

7. Rearrange, repeat, Rotate Rearrange, repeat, Rotate
4. Design Inspiration…
What to do? Stick your image in the first box then follow the instructions in the next boxes.
Stick image here
Focus on some shapes
Rearrange, repeat, Rotate
Stick image here
Focus on some shapes
Rearrange, repeat, Rotate

8. 5. Design Ideas…

9. 6. Model and Development…

10. 7. 3D Final Design…

11. 8. Surface Finish…
What to do: Write what the finish is, what materials it is used on and its function….e.g. what it does.
What is a surface finish:
Oil black
Anodise
Paint
Dip Coat
Electroplate
Materials
Materials
Materials
Materials
Materials
Function
Function
Function
Function
Function

12. How to get a higher level.
9. Plan for manufacture…
How to get a higher level.
Put the steps in the correct order
Quality sketch, colour + annotation
Detailed written description + tools
Safety with all hazardous tools
Problems you encountered
Steps
File and sand aluminium
Oil black steel rods
Mark out and cut acrylic
Cut out aluminium
Drill holes in aluminium and acrylic
Engineers blue + mark out aluminium
Machine steel rods and tap threads
Tools (cross them out as you use them)
Blow torch - mineral oil - Lathe
Flat, half round or needle file - Pillar drill
Tap wrench - Abrasive paper - Scriber coping saw - hack saw - G clamp
Allen Key

13. 10. Practical Work - Evaluation
Sides
Shape
Cutting marks
Sanded sides
Hole in the middle
Acrylic
Shape
Saw marks
Sanded smooth
Polished
Holes drilled accurately
Stability
Base sits flat on the surface?
Is not moved by the weight of the phone
Rods
Screw Thread
Oil blacking
Even
Scratched
Same length