Name: Key Date: N/A Class: Tech Theatre

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Tool Names and Uses Worksheet

Measuring and Marking Tools Name: flexible steel measuring tape

Use: to measure anything necessary in the shop, best tool for long measurements

Name: carpenter’s square

Use: To make sure that joints and cuts are square, also doubles as a marking gauge

Name: level

Use: to make sure that things are level, that is perpendicular with the floor

Name: Chalk-line or snap-line

Use: to mark out straight lines for cutting

Cutting and Shaping Tools Name: handsaw

Use: for cutting wood, pretty basic

Name: circular saw

Use: for making cuts on wood, especially useful for things that can’t be put on a table saw. Quicker and better than the handsaw

Name: jig saw Use: used to makes small cuts in wood. Especially useful for making holes of any type. Name: Table saw

Use: ideal for ripping lumber and plywood. It is stationary

Name: band saw

Use: ideal for cutting curves and anything that isn’t straight

Name: miter saw

Use: to cut angles in wood

Name: utility knife

Use: practically everything, but not very useful on wood. Most useful for canvas and other soft materials

Name: chisel

Use: for fine woodworking details

Name: plane

Use: for making something smooth, level, rounding out corners and other detail work

Name: Shears

Use: best for use on sheet metal and canvas and other soft products to cut

Name: rasp or file Use: generally files are used on metal and rasps on wood, for texturing, etc.

Fastening Tools: Name: hammer

Use: comes in a wide variety. Used for driving in nails, and the claw can be used to take them out. Also useful for scoring material and texturing it.

Name: electric stapler

Use: for fastening pieces of wood together

Name: screwdriver

Use: also comes in a wide variety. Used to put in screws and take them out, for fastening wood pieces together

Name: power drill

Use: for a quicker way of putting in screws and taking them out, for fastening

Gripping Tools:

Name: vice-grip

Use: for securing a piece of wood to a work area or to another piece. It locks on to an object and holds it.

Name: crescent wrench

Use: tightening and loosening bolts, etc.