Scoring and Cutting Tools and their Uses (with Pictures)

[coming soon]

• Scissors
• Guillotine / paper trimmers
• Craft knife
• Laser cutter

Scoring

• Means to make a precise scratch, crease, or indentation in the surface of a material that acts as a fold line
• Facilitates precise folding of the material, with clean, straight fold lines
• Makes folding easier and more precise
• Prevents cracking or tearing of the material when folded
• Made using a scoring tool (often a dull scalpel blade, back of a knife, or wheel) is pressed into the material.
• This creates a shallow, linear depression without cutting through the material
• The depth and width of the score line can be adjusted based on the material thickness and desired fold
• Can be manual or by machine for large-scale production of packaging etc.

[understand the commercial processes used to cut, crease and shape materials for quantity manufacture of graphic products – IG]

[understand methods of cutting by use of hacksaw, guillotine, tenon saw, cross-cut saw, panel saw and portable power tools – IG]

[select and perform the following forms of cutting and removal of material
– use hand snips, saws
– use portable power tools – IG]

understand the following processes: bending, sand casting, die casting, lamination, vacuum forming,
blow moulding, injection moulding, extrusion, press forming
(b) Wastage/addition

[cutting with hand and machine tools, including links to articles about laser cutter
○ vinyl cutting machine]

**Also discuss milling/sawmilling and thicknessing here (roughsawn timber etc)

[– die cutting, creasing and folding
– plasma cutting. A2]

CNC milling: a specific type of Computer Numerical Control (CNC) machining process where rotating cutting tools remove material from a workpiece to create the desired shape. It’s considered a “wasting” process because it removes (or “wastes”) material to create the final part.

[Wasting
– CNC milling – A2]

Key aspects of CNC milling:

• Computer-controlled precision cutting
• Uses rotating multi-point cutting tools
• Can create complex 3D shapes
• Works with various materials (metals, plastics, wood)
• Can be 3-axis, 4-axis, or 5-axis depending on complexity
• Common in both prototyping and production manufacturing

Coming soon