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2008-07-10T20:21:00.000-07:00

Today i will continue.....
Striking Tools
Mallet: It has a flat striking face which is used to give light blows to tools having wooden handle like chisel. It is made of hard wood and is round or rectangular in cross-section. Rubber Mallet Wooden Mallet

Claw Hammer: This serves both the purpose of a hammer and a pair of pincers.

Cross Pein (Warrington) Hammer: The cross pein of a Warrington hammer is used to starts small nails held between the fingers

Ball Pein Hammer: Striking cold chisels and punches, riveting, and shaping or bending metal

2008-07-09T20:05:00.000-07:00

I will continue at for the tools....alot....so break into part and post different days :D

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Holding Tools

Woodworkers' Metal vice

Wood workers’ Tail Vice

Bench Hook

Mitre Box

F-Clamp

G-Clamp

Engineer’s vice

Self Grip Wrench

Machine Vice

Folding Bar

2008-07-08T19:37:00.000-07:00

Today i will continue...
Cutting Tool (Woodwork)

Tenon or Back Saw: It is used for fine and accurate work.

Dovetail Saw: It is similar to the Tenon saw but smaller in size.

Chisels: These are cutting tools used for shaping and fitting wooden pieces.

Firmer Chisel: It is used by hand pressure or with a mallet for cutting square recesses in wooden pieces.

Bevelled Edge Chisel: It is used for delicate and fine work where the ordinary firmer chisel cannot be sued. It can cut sharp corners on wooden pieces.

Mortise Chisel: It is used for cutting heavy pieces or mortises.
Smoothing planes: are also sometimes called “bench planes.” Their primary use is to provide a final smooth surface. Used properly, they can provide a smoother surface than sanding

Spokeshave : It is used to plane curved edges on wood.

Rasp file: It is used to file curved surfaces in wood

Coping Saw: cut curved shapes in fairly thin wood

2008-07-07T06:58:00.000-07:00

Today i will continue for the workshop tools
Cutting Tool (Metalwork)
Hacksaw: It is used for cutting rods, bars and pipes into desired length.

Abrafile: It is used to cut curves in thin piece of wood, metals and plastics.

Cold chisels are used for cutting heavy metal that cannot be sawed with a hacksaw or cut with shears.
The more common types of cold chisels used in metalwork: the flat, crosscut or cape, round-nose or half-round, and diamond-pointed chisels. Chisels can be sharpened by grinding.

The flat chisel is most widely used and has a place in every workshop or tool kit.This chisel can be used for cutting rods, bars or sheet metal

Files: File is a hand tool used to smoothen or fit metal parts. It is made of high carbon steel. Its teeth remove fine chips of material on the forward stroke of the file.

File card: A File card is a brush with metal bristles, used to clean the cutting grooves in a file

2008-07-06T07:49:00.000-07:00

Today i will continue on another part of workshop tools

Marking and Measuring Tools (Woodwork):

Pencil: The pencil makes two specific types of lines: orientation marks (E.g. face side and face edge) and cutting guidelines.

Marking Knife: It is used together with a Try Square to make cut lines across the grain.Marking Gauge: It is used for marking lines parallel to the edges of a wooden piece

Try Square: marking out lines square to the face-side or face-edge.

Mitre Square: It is used for marking and checking an angle of 45 degrees

Sliding bevel: It is used for marking and checking any angle from 0 to 180 degrees.

Pencil Compass: It is used to mark circles or arcs on the wood/plastic workpiece.

Template: It is used to mark out workpieces of the same shapes and size quickly and accurately.

2008-07-05T02:37:00.000-07:00

Today i am goin to talk about part of the workshop tools

other day continue again :D
Marking and Measuring Tools (Metalwork):
Steel rule: It is used to measure and mark dimensions.

Scriber: It is used to mark or scribe lines on the metal workpiece.

Try Square: It is used for marking and checking right angles

Spring divider: It is used to mark circles or arcs on the metal workpiece.

odd leg caliper: used to scribe a line a set distance from the edge of workpiece.

Inside Caliper: It is used to measure dimensions such as diameter of a hole, width of a slot etc.

Outside Caliper: It is used to measure outside dimensions such as diameter of a rod, thickness of a plate etc.
Centre Punch: It is used to mark a centre for a hole to be drilled.

Dot Punch: It is used to make punch marks along a line on the metal piece.

2008-07-01T06:11:00.000-07:00

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