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HANDICRAFT tools
Measuring Tools
1.Zigzag Rule
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2. Foot Rule
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3. Push-Pull Rule
Flexible steel tape rule
and has a sliding knot
that holds the tape
while laying out a
measurement using a
hook on its end.
a handy tool used for
either inside or outside
measuring.
4. Try square
Used for measuring
and testing the
squareness of corners.
It has a two parts: wooden handle Blade (made of metal)
fastened together at
7. Steel Square
Looks like a try square
except that the body
and tongue are made of
steel.
Longer part is called blade
or body
Shorter portion is called
the tongue.
It is used to test the
squareness of a frame and
the flatness of large
surfaces.
Lining Tools
1. Carpenters Pencil
Its lead and body are flat and
bigger than the ordinary pencil.
2. Marking Gauge
Consists of a wooden bar called
beam(ray) about 8 inches long
wherein a wooden block or head
slides.
Near the end of the bar, a spur
(drive) with fine point is nailed.
It is used for marking lines parallel
to the edge(border) of the board.
3. Chalkline
A boxlike instrument with a
hollow pat wherein a spool
for string and a small piece
of rug are inserted.
4. Awl
a pointed tools used for
marking the location of nail
and screw. It is also used
for scratching lines
especially on metal sheets
or plates.
The tool looks like an ice
pick
Cutting tools
You should have enough blades for the hacksaw and rip saw because they can break if you
aren't sure how to properly use them.
cutting tools are grouped into two:
d. Chisel
a very important tool in the
construction of most joints
made by hand.
It measure according to their
width in inches. It may be
divided into two general
classes:
Tang Firmer Chisel tang
inserted into the handle.
Socket Firmer Chisel is a tool
with a handle that is inserted
into the part of the chisel
known as the socket.
e. Hatchet
Smaller than an axe and has a
short handle.
Used for chopping pieces of
wood.
Some hatches have a slot on
the blade used for drawing out
nail and a head for driving nail.
f. Drawknife
a long bladed tool with handles
on both ends.
Used for straight and curved
rough cutting.
The user grips the handles and
draws the knife towards him.
g. Gauge
Is like a chisel whose
blade is bent of
hallowed lengthwise.
Used for grooving and
shaping edges.
It comes in two forms:
Inside-bevel gauge
the bevel is on the
concave side.
Outside-bevel gauge
the bevel is on the
convex side.
h. Spokeshave
A tool suitable for
smoothing curves
and shaping edges
of the board.
The cutting blade is
sharpened like a
plane iron.
i. Scraper
. Used for the
final smoothing
before sand
papering.
- Cabinet scraper
Used to smoothen
surfaces and
cross grained
wood. The handle
is like that of the
spokeshave with
the scraper
inserted.
- Hand Scraper
j. Plane
- Is a very useful woodworking tools.
- After measuring and sawing the
rough piece of lumber , planing
follows.
4. Smoothing Plane
similar to the jackplane
although shorter. The
bottom measures 5.5 in
to 8 in long.
- used for planing
smaller pieces.
5. Jointer plane looks
like a jackplane
- the bottom is longer,
22 in to 30 in long.
- used in planing the
edges of long boards
and in leveling longer
and wider surfaces.
3. Keyhole Saw a
compass saw with a
smaller and finer blade.
- Used to cut curved or
straight-sided holes.
4. Backsaw a crosscut
saw with a thin blade and
fine teeth.
- A heavy piece of steel is
fitted on the back, hence,
the name backsaw.
- Such steel is fitted to
prevent the blade from
buckling or bending. The
common length of
backsaw is 12 with 14
points per inch.
- Used for fine, accurate
works.
7. Two-Man saw
has two handles on
either side.
- the teeth are bigger
than that of an
ordinary saw and the
blade is wider.
- used in cutting
logs into lumber and
plank or board.
b. Files
- made of hardened
steel.
- they have teeth or
serration cut diagonally
across the surface at
various degrees of
fineness and pattern.
- the length of the blade
of the file is from the toe
to the heel. It varies from
4 in to 18 in.
Boring Tools
- boring is the process of making a
hole on a piece of wood. Drilling is
the term used in metal work.
Woodworkers use bits, bradawl, and
chisels for boring holes.
- Holes are bored in wood to fit screws,
dowels, internal sawing design, and
for other purposes.
e. Holding Tools
1. Vise is a very
useful tool in
woodworking. The
recommended vises
are fixed vise, which
is permanently
attached to the side of
the bench, and the
portable vise, which
can be attached in a
place where it is most
needed.
Kinds of Vises
a. Rapid-acting vise
can be opened and
closed by means of a
pressing lever
attached near the
main screw.
b. Screw Vise an
ordinary vise.
- It is tightened or
loosened by turning
the screw. It is also
attached to the bench
permanently by
means of bolts.
c. Mechanist Vise
the all-purpose vise.
It is adjusted by
means of a screw.