Hand & Power Tools

Question 1

Marking Out

What is a Chinagraph pencil used for?

Answer 1

Marking on plastics. e.g acrylic.

Question 2

Marking Out

What is a pencil used for?

Answer 2

A pencil is used to markout and write on wood. It will later be sanded down so can be removed unlike ink.

Question 3

Marking out.

What is a scriber used for?

Answer 3

Marking out cuts and bends on metal.

Question 4

Marking out

What is a Marking knife used for?

Answer 4

A marking Knife is used to mark out on all materials. It helps because it can input a guide for the saw.

Question 5

Marking out

What is an Odd leg caliper used for?

Answer 5

An Odd leg caliper is used to scribe parallel lines onto materials.

Question 6

Marking out

What are Marking, Mortise & Cutting gauges used for?

Answer 6

To mark the wood before a cut to prevent tearout later when doing the main cut. (Marking knife and odd leg caliper combined for wood)

Question 7

Marking out

What is the Try Square used for?

Answer 7

The try square is used as a guide for marking out 90° angles on wood.

Also known as a set square

Question 8

Marking Out

What is the engineers square used for?

Answer 8

The engineers square is used as a guide for marking out 90° angles on metal.

Question 9

Marking out

What is the combination square used for?

Answer 9

ensuring the accuracy of a 90° angle, measuring a 45° angle, measuring the center of a circular object, finding the depth, and simple distance measurements.

Sometimes used to discover inside / outside angles - when needing to join skirting boards at corners of walls, for example

Question 10

Marking out

What is the use of a framing square?

Answer 10

To mark walls or other materials accurately

Question 11

Marking out

What is a set square used for?

Answer 11

marking out right angles before any joint is cut.

Question 12

Marking out

What is a mitre sqaure used for?

Answer 12

Marking out 45° and 135° angles

Question 13

Marknig out

What is a sliding bevel used for?

Answer 13

To help measure an unknown angle.

Question 14

Marking out

What is a winding stick used for?

Answer 14

Aids in viewing twist (also known as wind) in pieces of lumber by amplifying the defect.

Question 15

Marking out

What is a pair of compasses used for?

Answer 15

Marking out circles with a certain radius.

Question 16

Marking out

What are dividers used for?

Answer 16

Marking out and measuring certain distances.

Question 17

Marking out

What is a bradawl use for?

Answer 17

Marking out where to drill in pieces of wood.

Question 18

Marking out

What is a centre punch used for?

Answer 18

Marking out where to drill in pieces of metal

Question 19

Marking out

What is a steel rule used for?

Answer 19

Getting accurate measurements for materials up to 300mm.

Question 20

Marking out

What is a Vernier Caliper used for?

Answer 20

Measuring exact thicknesses of materials. Measuring the exact diameter of an object.

Question 21

Marking out

What is a Micrometer used for?

Answer 21

Measuring very small objects.

Question 22

Marking out

What is a Centre finder used for?

Answer 22

to align the machining center to a precision location on a work piece.

Question 23

Marking out

What are French Curves used for?

Answer 23

Used in drafting (or they were before computer-aided design) to draw smooth curves of almost any desired curvature in mechanical technical drawings.

Question 24

Hand saws

What is a panel saw used for?

Answer 24

To cut large sheet materials into smaller rectangular sections and pieces

Question 25

# Hand saws What is a Tenon saw used for?

Answer 25

Short, accurate cuts in demanding precision jobs such as joinery or furniture-making.

Question 26

# Hand saws What is a dovetail saw used for?

Answer 26

Very precise cuts, typically in joint making including dovetail and small tenon joints

Question 27

# Hand saws What is a coping saw used for?

Answer 27

to cut intricate external shapes and interior cut-outs in woodworking or carpentry.

Question 28

# Hand saws What is a hacksaw used for?

Answer 28

Cutting through materials such as plastic, steel, and other metals.

Question 29

# Hand saws What is a sheet metal saw used for?

Answer 29

To cut through a pipe, metal stock, and heavier gauge sheet metal

Question 30

# Hand saws What is a Japanese saw used for?

Answer 30

Used to cut wood and Japanese carpentry that cuts on the pull stroke. (towards user). The sawblade is usally very long so useful for cutting off pieces of dowel in hard to reach places, for example

Question 31

# Hand Shearing tools What are scisors used for?

Answer 31

Scissors are used for cutting thin sheet materials

Question 32

# Hand Shearing tools What are Tin snips used for?

Answer 32

Tin snips are used for cutting sheet metal

Question 33

# Hand Shearing tools What are wire cutters used for?

Answer 33

To cut copper, brass, iron, aluminum, and steel wire.

Question 34

# Hand Shearing tools What are wire strippers used for?

Answer 34

To remove the insulation from electric wires.

Question 35

# Hand Planes What is a jointer used for?

Answer 35

To flatten, smooth, and square the edges of a lumber board

Question 36

# Hand Planes What is a Jack used for?

Answer 36

A jack is used to lift heavy loads. Usually used to lift a car off the ground so that a tyre can be changed

Question 37

# Hand Planes What is a cork block used for?

Answer 37

Sand paper is wraped around it to help smooth things.

Question 37

# Hand Planes What is a chisel used for?

Answer 37

mainly hand-held tools designed with an edge sharpened to cut through materials including: wood, metals, and stone

Question 38

# Hand Planes What is a spookeshave used for?

Answer 38

to shape and smooth woods in woodworking jobs such as making cart wheel spokes, chair legs, paddles, bows, and arrows

Question 39

# Hand files What is flat file used for?

Answer 39

Has a tapered blade and is useful for working on one side of a square shape whilst avoiding the others.

Question 40

# Hand Files What is a square file used for?

Answer 40

The triangular-looking file is used to make triangle cuts in wood.

Question 41

# Hand files What is a round file used for?

Answer 41

The circular file is used to make round cuts into wood.

Question 42

# Hand rasps What is a Bastard hand rasp used for?

Answer 42

It is designed for deburring and filing of sharp corners, internal shoulders and is ideal for use on flat surfaces

Question 43

# Hand rasps What are surform hand rasps used for?

Answer 43

To smooth pruning cuts and shape exposed wood.