Carpentry

• Carpentry - It is one of the oldest skilled trades and is still widely required in modern construction
• Push-Pull Rule - Flexible tape that slides into a material case, and it is used to measure irregular and regular shapes
• Ruler - 6-12 inch or one foot rule and it is used to take/make simple or short measurements
• Meter Stick - A measuring device which is one meter in length
• Try-Square - Squaring, measuring and testing tool used to check adjacent surfaces or squareness
• Caliper - Used to transfer measurements from the rule to the work used to measuring diameter
• Pencil - Used to layout or mark cutting lines
• Marking Gauge - Wood or metal consisting of a beam, head and a point used to mark a line parallel to the grain of the wood
• Chalkline - Used to establish a straight line on a surface
• Divider - tool with two metal legs used to lay-out an arc circle or stepp-off division of a line
• Compass - used to scribe arcs and circles on metal or wood
• Steel Square - framing square used to mark out the work for squaring and checking angles and in the construction of roof framing and large furniture
• Spirit or Level Bar - tool used for testing vertical and horizontal lines
• Plumb Bob - toos used for tesring vertical surfaces alignment
• Chisel - tool used to trim and shape wood
• Plane - used to obtain a smooth and flat surface
• Spoke Shave - small plane-like tool used to smoothen irregularly shaped objects
• Cabinet Scraper - rectangular piece of steel with two-cutting edges used for working flat and curved shapes
• Cross-Cut Saw - handsaw used to cut the wood across the grain
• Rip Saw - handsaw used to cut the wood along the grain
• Back Saw - handsaw with a metal bavk on the edge opposite the cutting edge used in cutting miters or tenons in cabinetru and joinetry
• Compass Saw - used to cut irregular shape either in large or small board
• Turning or Coping Saw - used to rip, cross, and, cut curves in lumber
• Auger or Drill Bit - used for boring holes either in metals, wood or plastics
• Expansive Bit - A bit with cutting blade that can be adjusyed to various sizes
• C-Clamp - used for holding together pieces of wood while working
• F or Bar Clamp -used to hold large board or frames together while working
• Bench Vise - used to hold or secure objects in place , it has 2 parallel jaws, one fixed and the other movable
• Claw Hammer - used to drive and pull out naild on wooden surfaces
• Mallet - made of wood or rubber used to drive other tools like Chisel
• ScrewDriver - used to loosen or drive screws
• Nail Set - used in setting up the head of a finishing nail below the surfave of the wood
• Sander - used for sandling furniture pieces
• Router - used for shaping surfaces and edges of furniture parts
• JigSaw - used for cutting curved or irregular shapes of wood surfaces
• Circular Saw - power saw used for many types of cutting particularly on large panel stock
• Electric Drill - power drill used to drill holes in various materials to perform a multitude of tasks