TOOLS

CUTTING TOOLS

RIP SAW

• A saw for cutting wood with the grain.

CROSS CUT SAW

• A cross cut saw is a saw for cutting wood perpendicular to the grain.

KEY-HOLE SAW

• A compass saw for cutting key holes.

HACK SAW

• A saw for cutting metal, consisting of typically of a narrow, fine-toothed blade fixed in a frame.

BACK SAW

• A back saw is a short saw with a with reinforced back.

COPING SAW

• A saw consisting of a thin, light blade held under tension, in a u-shaped frame that has a handle.

CHISEL

• A wedge like tool with. A cutting edge at the end of the blade, often made of steel, used for cutting.

JACK PLANE

• A jack plane is used for rough surfacing.

DRIVING TOOLS

RUBBER MALLETS

• A short-handled hammer used to strike a surface without damaging it.

SPADE BITS

• A spade bit is a thin bit with a center point and cutting edges on either side.

AUGER BITS

• It's an auger having a square

FORSNE BITS

• A bit for drilling blind holes, guided from the rim

CLAW HAMMER

• A hammer having having a bend with one end curved and a cleft for pulling out nails.

BALL-PEIN HAMMER

• A hammer having one end of the head hemispherical.

STRAIGHT-PEIN HAMMERS

• A hammer having a blunt chisel-shaped peen whose edge was parallel to the handle.

WOOD MALLETS

• A short handled hammer used to

PHILLIPS SCREWDRIVER

• A screwdriver with a screwdriver having partial slots crossed at right angles.

HEX SCREWDRIVER

• A screwdriver that centers a hexagonal tip.

ALLEN SCREW

• A screw with a hexagonal head.

FLAT-HEAD SCREWDRIVER

• A screwdriver with a wedge shaped tip.

BOX PLANE

• A small plane used for cutting across the grain of wood.

SPADE BITS

• It's a thin bit with a center point and cutting edges on both sides.

AUGER BITS

• An auger having a square tag at its upper end and rotated by a brace, used for boring thorough wood.

FORSTNER BITS

• A bit for drilling blind holes, guided from the rim rather than from the center to permit it to enter the wood at an oblique angle

WRENCHES

PIPE WRENCH

• A two toothed jaw, one for gripping and one for holding

ALLEN WRENCH

• Is formed from a piece of hexagonal bar stock bent to a right angle

COMBINATION WRENCH

• A combination of wrenches

CRESENT WRENCH

• A adjustable tool for hexagonal nuts

LAYOUT TOOLS

STUD FINDER

• It finds beams in walls.

TAPE

• A tool that measures out the things you are building in feet.

PLUMB-BOB

• It is used to measure distances from the road they mark it.

CARPENTER'S PENCILS

• A carpenters pencil is flat-ish and more rectangular than a regular pencil

STRAIGHT LINE

• A non-bent line, which is how most people try to cut things

SQUARE

• It measures angles to make perfect shapes

TRANSIT LEVEL

• A telescope that is mounted on a tripod. It is used for surveying and building.

LEVEL

• It sees if something is the level you want it

CHALK LINE

• A chalk line makes a straight line in big areas