TOOLS • This lecture is designed to give you a basic idea of the tools you will encounter TOOLS in our shop. • We will mainly focus on identification and tool care. Toronto Brigantine Inc • Learning how to use the tools will come with time. 1 2 Your Hands Good Tool Habits • They are the most important and valuable • “A place for everything, and everything in tools you have. it’s place.” • Protect them from harm by working smart, – Keep each tool in its proper place wearing gloves when necessary, and by – Keep your tools in good condition – Use tools only for the job they were designed not taking chances. for • Without your hands, no other tool is any – Keep tools within easy reach, and where they good to you. cannot fall – Avoid damaged tools • They will damage your work, and can cause injury. 3 4 Hand Tools Striking Tools • There are many, many types of hand • This includes all different types of tools: hammers, sledges and mallets. – Striking tools (hammers, mallets, sledges) • Each type is designed for a specific kind of – Turning tools (wrenches) work, and misuse can damage the tool or – Pliers (normal pliers, Channel-locks, Vice- your work piece. grips) • You should avoid striking metal to metal. – Bladed tools (chisels and planes) Place a block of wood between the two – Saws (for wood or metal) pieces if you must use a metal striking – Abrasives (scrapers, sandpaper, files) tool. 5 6 Hammers Sledgehammers • This is the classic hammer • Sledgehammer: Used design. It should only be used to drive nails in, and not for hitting Claw hammer mainly for destruction. things. Can be used for less • There are two common types of heads: Claw, which is used for damaging applications if removing nails, and Ball Peen, used gently. which is used for shaping soft metal and rivets. Ball Peen hammer 7 8 Mallets Chipping Hammers • Mallet: Typically • This is one hammer made of rubber that you are or wood. Used for encouraged to assembling tight- strike against metal. fitting pieces, freeing stuck • It is used to remove objects, and rust when preparing manipulating a metal surface for other tools like painting. chisels. 9 10 Turning Tools Open-end Wrenches • Turning tools are used to turn objects. This will • Used for nuts and bolts. usually be either a bolt, nut or piece of pipe. • It is important to use the right wrench for a job, or you will end up ‘stripping’ or ‘rounding’ what you are trying to turn. This is bad. • You should also always try to use the proper size wrench for a job, and not just find an adjustable. Adjustables will cause ‘rounding’ over time as well. 11 12 Box Wrenches Crescent Wrenches • Also used for nuts and bolts, better than an open-end • A crescent wrench is the term used for an adjustable wrench where usable, but without an open end it won’t open-end wrench. fit onto all jobs. • The term crescent is actually a trademark, but it has become synonymous with all makes of the type. • If the wrench has an open end and a box end, it is known as a ‘combination wrench’. 13 14 Pipe Wrenches Monkey Wrench? • As the name suggests, it is used for pipes. The jaws are designed to bind onto the piece being turned, and so it will grip any circular • You won’t find any monkey wrenches object. around our shop. • The monkey wrench was used throughout the 19th century and was an early form of adjustable. 15 16 Other Wrenches Pliers Strap Wrench: • Pliers, regardless of the type, are used to • The rubber strap is infinitely adjustable, and grip, turn, twist and pull. The many types is very gentle on the piece being turned. range from generic, square-nosed pliers to • Generally used for oil incredibly specialized designs meant for filters and other fragile jobs. only one type of application. Chain pipe Wrench: • Used in the same fashion as a strap wrench, but not as gentle and meant for large sections of pipe. 17 18 Pliers Vise-Grip’s • Normal pliers come in many styles: • Vise-Grip is the trade name for a specific type of locking, adjustable plier known as Needlenose Pliers ‘wrench pliers’. It has since come to be Linesman’s Pliers used when referring to any tool of this type: 19 20 Slip Joint Pliers Adjustable Tools • There are two types of slip joint pliers. One which has • Many turning tools and pliers are adjustable. This does only two points of adjustment: not mean they are ‘one size fits all’. • Not all sizes will adjust to the necessary dimensions, and sometimes the size of the tool itself is a problem, necessitating going down or up a size. • The other type are sometimes referred to as ‘Water- • If possible, always use a properly sized, non-adjustable pump pliers’. They most commonly go under the name tool. Channel-Locks due to that being a well known and successful brand. 21 22 Bladed Tools Planes • Used to shape wood, • These tools are used for shaping wood. pushed or pulled along the piece shaving a thin • They require some experience to use, and layer off. are very fragile if treated improperly. The • Should always be stored with the blade retracted, blade in particular will chip and damage and in a soft cloth. easily if put in contact with the ground. • When in use, should be kept laying on its side to prevent blade damage. • Make sure there are no fasteners in the piece you are planing, as they will quickly destroy the blade. 23 24 Wood Chisels Chisel Care • Used to shape • Like planes, the blades of a chisel are easily damaged. wood, and to Chisels should be stored in a cloth or cover that will form insets, prevent the blade from chipping. cutouts and • When in use the chisels should be laid down with the other necessary blade up, preferably on a soft cloth. recesses in wood. Right Wrong 25 26 Cold Chisels Saws • Used for metal, not wood. • Saws are toothed cutting tools. • Can be used roughly if required, as the • They can be designed for wood or metal blade is tough and sharpened readily. cutting. – A metal-cutting saw can cut wood in a pinch, but never use a wood saw on metal. • The difference is in the teeth: how many, how big, and at what angle they are set. 27 28 Hacksaws Wood Saws • Hacksaws have blades with lots of small • There are many types of wood saw. They teeth. They are meant for cutting metal. will have larger teeth than hacksaws, and there is typically a large ‘kerf’ to the teeth. 29 30 Abrasives Sandpaper • Different grits of sandpaper are used for different applications. The • This is a general term for all tools and number is in reference to how many particles of grit there are per materials used to ‘abrade’ an object. square inch. The less particles the bigger they are, and they rougher it is. • This can be surface abrasions for • The grits range from about 40 all the way up to past 4000. For our purposes we mostly use in the 80-220 range. smoothing or between coats of paint • Or it can be material removal. This is 320 grit sandpaper. Look at all the particles in the magnified view. 31 32 Scrapers Files/Rasps • Files are fine-toothed bars used to file metal or wood. They are used • Scrapers are used to remove varnish or mainly for sharpening tools, but can also be used for shaping of paint quickly. It is important that the blade material. is kept sharp. • You will be taught how to sharpen the blade using a file. • Rasps are similar to files but they have much bigger teeth. They are used for woodworking only. 33 34 Hand Tool Care Power Tools • Hand tools need to be treated gently, and • There are as many power tools as there only used for their intended tasks. are hand tools. Each one as specialized • An occasional wipedown with light oil or as the hand variety. WD-40 will help prevent surface rust and • Use special care as they can be very ensure the tool lasts a long, long time. dangerous if misused. 35 36 Power Saws Sanders, Grinders, Planers Name these too! Can you name them all? 37 38 Power Tool Stowage Measuring Tools • DO NOT WRAP THE CORD AROUND • Tapes/Rulers: For measuring linear distance. TIGHTLY. • Calipers: For measuring distances that would be hard to with a tape, either because of the shape or size. – This will damage the cord and either cause injury or lead to an early demise for the tool. • If the tool has a case, put it back in the case tidily when you are done. Have • Squares: For measuring and laying off angles. nothing sticking out. 39 40 Metric vs. Imperial Fasteners • You will encounter both metric and Imperial tool • The generic term for all pieces used to sizes in the shop. (Metric in millimeters, Imperial fasten parts together. in inches and fractions such as 3/8”) • European and Asian tools and equipment use • There are many different types, each with metric, Americans use Imperial, and the their own tools to use them. Canadians use both. • Do not use the wrong tool with the wrong • Ensure you are using Metric tools with metric fasteners, and Imperial tools with Imperial fastener, or even the wrong size. fasteners. Mixing will damage tools and your work. 41 42 Screws: Screwdrivers Slot Phillips Robertson There are many, many • There are screwdrivers for every type of screw.