Hand Tools
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Class: 3-4A
Measuring instruments
[Link] Rule: Folding rules can be used for measuring both small
spaces and longer distances. They can be transported easily once they
are folded up, making them useful when working in the field. Folding
rules can also be used to measure a point which is difficult to reach.
[Link] Tape: Its primary uses are in situations where large
dimensions are involved, such as in measuring structures or entire
rooms.
Squares and bevel
3. Try Square: A try square or try-square is a woodworking tool used
for marking and checking 90° angles on pieces of wood. Though
woodworkers use many different types of square, the try square is
considered one of the essential tools for woodworking.
[Link] Square: A miter square or mitre square is a hand tool used
in woodworking and metalworking for marking and checking angles
other than 90°.
5. Sliding Bevel: A Sliding Bevel, sliding T bevel, flase square or bevel
gauge as they are also known is a carpentry and woodworking tool
which is used to duplicate and transfer or maintain an angle for cutting
timber neatly into surfaces that might not necessarily be at right angles
to each other.
6. Adjustable/Combination square: A combination square is a
multi-use measuring instrument which is primarily used for ensuring
the integrity of a 90° angle, measuring a 45° angle, measuring the
center of a circular object, find depth, and simple distance
measurements. It can also be used to determine level and plumb using
its spirit level vial.
Gauges
[Link] gauge: A marking gauge is used in woodworking to mark
out lines for cutting or other purposes.
[Link] Guage: The cutting gauge is used for scoring deep lines
parallel to the edge, especially across the grain when marking long
shoulders of joints. It can also be used for cutting the sides of small
grooves, or for splitting thin wood into strips.
[Link] Guage: A mortise gauge or mortice gauge is a
woodworking tool used by a carpenter or joiner to scribe mortise and
tenon joints on wood prior to cutting. Mortise gauges are commonly
made of hardwood with brass fittings.
Plumb rules and levels
[Link] Levels: A spirit level is used for determining horizontal and
vertical levels and can be used on a variety of DIY projects in and
around the home.
[Link] Bob: A plumb bob is a weight with a pointed tip on the
bottom that's hung from a string, and it's used to establish a vertical
reference (called a plumb line). It can be used to make sure that
constructions are plumb, but it can also be used in surveying to
establish the nadir with respect to gravity at a specific point.
Cutting Tools
[Link] Saw: Ripsaws are used for cutting wood with the grain,
crosscut saws for cutting across the grain. The main difference between
the saws is in the way the teeth are ground.
[Link] Saw: A Tenon Saw is a large backsaw used for making
deep, accurate cuts in furniture joinery. It should make straight, fast
cuts without binding.
[Link] Saw: Coping saws are used by trim carpenters to create
coped joints, and by woodworkers to create curved shapes and to finish
the bottom of dovetail joints.
15. Firmer chisel: this tool is used most often for shaping a
workpiece, for cutting away the unnecessary wood to produce the
rough form you want.
16. Paring chisel: They are used primarily for carefully shaving off
thin amounts of wood when fitting joints. The long length gives
maximum control.
17. Mortise chisel: They are designed to withstand heavy blows
with a mallet, and can be used for cutting directly across the grain, as
well as for levering out waste material.
18. Smoothing plane: The smoothing plane is typically the last
plane used on a wood surface, removing very fine shavings to leave a
smooth finish. When used effectively it quickly produces a finish that
equals or surpasses that made by sandpaper.
19. Jack plane: A jack plane is a general-purpose woodworking
bench plane, used for dressing timber down to size in preparation for
truing and/or edge jointing. It is usually the first plane used on rough
stock, but for rougher work it can be preceded by the scrub plane.
[Link] Plane: The jointer plane, also known as the try plane or
trying plane, is a type of hand plane used in woodworking to straighten
the edges of boards in the process known as jointing, and to flatten the
faces of larger boards.
21. Spokeshave: A spokeshave is a hand tool used in woodworking
to shave curved pieces of wood down to the required size. Spokeshaves
are essentially speciality planes. Planes are tools used to shape wood by
smoothing and removing small slithers at a time. Spokeshaves are much
smaller and are specially shaped to work with curved wood.
[Link] Stone: this type of stone to enhance sharpening performance
and to keep the sharpening surface from loading or glazing.
[Link] Drill: they are typically used for building purposes, such as
drilling holes and securing screws. They can also be used as a mixer to
blend things, like paint.
24. Ratchet drill: is a hand-tool used to drill holes or nails into
wood.
[Link] Bit: used in metalworking to provide a starting hole for a
larger-sized drill bit or to make a conical indentation in the end of a
workpiece in which to mount a lathe center.
26. Forstner bit: Forstner bits are unique in their ability to drill
overlapping holes, notches on the edges of a workpiece, and angled
holes on the face of a workpiece (pocket holes, for example). The bit
will cut whether or not the center spur is engaging the workpiece.
[Link]: Wooden mallets are usually used in carpentry to knock
wooden pieces together, or to drive dowels or chisels. It is also used to
reduce the force driving the cutting edge of a chisel, giving better
control.
[Link] Hammer: A claw hammer is a hammer primarily used in
carpentry for driving nails into or pulling them from wood.
[Link] Hook: A bench hook is a workbench appliance used in
woodworking to hold a workpiece in place while crosscutting with a
hand saw. A bench hook is a simple method used to improve accuracy
and safety.
[Link] Clamps: Sash clamps are used to hold together projects for
an extended period of time, this is usually when gluing up to ensure the
parts don't move while the glue dries. They can also be used for
temporary assembly (dry assembly) and to hold the components in the
vise and on the bench top.
