TLE Flashcards
is an occupation of making or repairing things using wood.
Carpentry
are defined as implements used to modify raw materials for human use.
Tools
Categories of Carpentry Tools
Measuring Tools
Lining Tools
Testing Tools
Edge-cutting Tools
Toothed Cutting Tools
Driving Tools
Holding Tools
Boring Tools
Miscellaneous Tools
These are tools used for laying out measurements.
Measuring tools
This is a one-piece rule made of one or two-foot length.
Bench rule
This is generally used in measuring short distances
Two foot - four folding rule
This is used for rough layout.
Zigzag rule
This is used to measure longer distances.
Push pull rule
This is a special tool used to measure the outside diameter of cylindrical objects.
Slide caliper rule
These tools are used for marking or drawing lines.
Lining tools
This is used in marking rough work
Pencil with rough head
This is used in drawing lines and marking off points in measuring
Scratch awl
This is a tool most appropriate in marking lines parallel with the edges of the wood.
Marking gauge
These are used in marking very rough work.
Chalk line and reel
This is used in marking fine work.
Scriber
These tools are used to test the squareness of a corner, the end of an edge, the flatness of a surface, or the straightness of an edge.
Testing tools
This is used for squaring and testing smaller work
Try Square
This is sometimes called the carpenter’s square or the framing square
Steel square
This is a special square used to lay out angles of different degrees and to test miter joints.
Sliding t bevel
This is a tool used to check the straightness of posts, studs, and the like.
Plumb bob
This is used for both guiding and testing the work to a vertical or horizontal position.
Spirit level / level bar
These are tools having thin, sharp edges and are used for cutting lumber.
Edge cutting tool
These are tools for shaping wood.
Planes
This is used for curved surfaces that cannot be done with a circular plane.
Spokeshave
These are indispensable tools used in carpentry.
Chisels
These are very important tools in carpentry due to their versatility and service demand.
Toothed cutting tools
This is a saw used for cutting across the grain of wood.
Crosscut saw
This is a handsaw used for sawing the grain along wood.
Ripsaw