WOOD SHOP HAND TOOLS

STEEL RULER

MEASURING INSTUMENTS

TAPE MEASURE

PALM SANDER

Sands with a vibrating motion

TRI-SQUARE

A tri-square is a woodworking tool used for marking and measuring a piece of wood. The square refers to the tool's primary use of measuring the accuracy of a right angle (90 degrees).To tri a surface is to check its straightness, hence the name.

FRAMING SQUARE (STEEL SQUARE)

The framing square is used by carpenters because of it’s long arms. It is used to measure distances as well as angles for stairs and rafters.

CARPENTERS OR QUICK SQUARE

COMBINATION SQUARE

A combination square is a tool used for multiple purposes in woodworking, stonemasonry and metalworking. It is used to layout or check right and 45° angles.

SLIDING “T” BEVEL

A sliding “T” bevel is an adjustable gauge for setting and transferring angles.

MARKING GAUGE

The purpose of the gauge is to scribe a line parallel to a reference edge or surface.

BACK SAW/DOVETAIL SAW

A backsaw is any hand saw which has a stiffening rib on the edge opposite the cutting edge, allowing for better control and more precise cutting than with other types of saws. Backsaws are normally used in woodworking, for precise work, such as cutting dovetails and miters.

The coping saw is used to cut intricate external shapes and interior cutouts in woodworking or carpentry. It is widely used to cut moldings.

COPING SAW

A crosscut saw is a general term for any saw blade for cutting wood perpendicular (across) the wood grain. Crosscut saws may be small or large, with small teeth close together for fine work like woodworking or large for course work.

CROSSCUT SAW

In woodworking, a cut made parallel or with the direction of the grain is known as a rip cut. The cutting edge of each tooth has a flat front edge which is not angled forward or backward. This design allows each tooth to act like a chisel (rather than being knife-like, as with a crosscut saw), preventing the saw from following grain lines, which could curve the path of the saw. By acting like a chisel, the saw can more easily cut across deviating grain lines, which is necessary if a straight cut is to be achieved.

RIP SAW

Wooden mallet, usually used in carpentry to knock wooden pieces together, or to drive dowels or chisels. A rubber mallet will not deform the striking end of a metal tool, as most metal hammers would, but it also reduces the force available to drive the cutting edge of a chisel.

RUBBER MALLET

A claw hammer is a tool primarily used for pounding nails into, or extracting nails from, some other object

CLAW HAMMER

HAND SCRAPER

A hand scraper is a tool used to scrape glue, etc. from a surface.

PUTTY KNIFE

A putty knife is used to fill nail holes etc. with putty.

TWIST BIT

The twist drill bit is the type produced in largest quantity today. It comprises a cutting point at the tip of a cylindrical shaft with helical flutes; the flutes act as a slide for the drilled material to travel up in the spiral tube, until it is finally pushed out of the top.

Conventional twist drill bits tend to wander when presented to a flat work piece. The center of the drill bit is given not the straight chisel of the twist drill bit, but a spur with a sharp point and four sharp corners to cut the wood. The sharp point of the spur simply pushes into soft wood to keep the drill bit in line.

BRAD POINT BIT

Forstner bits creates a consistent hole.

FORSTNER BIT

BLOCK PLANE

A block plane is a small woodworking hand plane. It is designed to cut end grain and is typically small enough to be used with one hand.

A jack plane is the general-purpose bench plane, used for smoothing edges and for making small smoothing corrections. Jack planes are about 12-15 inches long, and the blade can have either a slightly curved edge for smoothing stock, or a straight edge for jointing stock.

JACK PLANE

SANDING BLOCK

Sanding block creates stability when sanding.

A chisel is a tool with a characteristically shaped cutting edge. The edge may be flat or concaved. It is used for carving or cutting a hard material such as wood, stone, or metal. In use, the chisel is forced into the material, to cut it. The driving force is applied using a mallet or hammer. A gouge (concaved), type of chisel, is used, particularly in woodworking to carve small pieces from the material. A gouge typically has a 'U'-shaped cross-section.

WOOD CHISEL

A countersink is a cone shaped hole cut into a board. A common use is to allow the head of a countersunk bolt or screw, when placed in the hole, to sit flush with or below the surface of the surrounding material

COUNTER SINK

A screwdriver is a hand-tool for turning (driving) screws.

FLAT-BLADE / SLOTTED SCREW DRIVER

The rounded, tapered slots of the Phillips head were deliberately designed for the screwdriver to pop out of the screw head. This helps to prevents stripping damage to the screw threads.

PHILLIPS SCREW DRIVER

A rasp is a tool used for shaping wood or other material. It consists of a point or the tip, then a long steel bar or the belly, then the heel or bottom, then the tang. The tang is joined to a handle, usually made of plastic or wood. The bar has sharp teeth. Rasps generally cut more coarsely than files.

RASP

A file card, which is a brush with metal bristles, is used to clean the file.

FILE CARD

Hardwood jaws are perfect for clamping.

HAND SCREW CLAMP

An awl is a long, pointed spike. A tool for making holes in wood.

AWL

A keyhole saw is a long, narrow saw used for cutting small, often awkward features in various building materials

KEYHOLE SAW

An F-clamp, also known as a bar clamp is used in woodworking when a more permanent attachment is needed. F-clamps consists of two horizontal bars joined together by a vertical bar. F-clamps are adjustable which allows for them to be used on larger scale objects.

BAR (ORANGE) CLAMP

Quick Clamping Shaft Collars are ideal for light duty applications where frequent setup changes or adjustments are needed.

QUICK CLAMP

EYE PROTECTION

The angle finder is used to level (square) the table (work surface) of machinery BEFORE cutting etc. If the table is not square, all of your cuts etc. will not be square. The magnetic bottom attaches to metal surfaces.

ANGLE FINDER

PUSH STICK

The push stick is a SFETY TOOL used when culling small objects.

NAIL SETTER

The nail setter is used to counter sink a finish nail head.