Tool and Name

Safety

Uses

Maintenance

Steel rule

Do not bend it

Keep it away from your eyes

Measure lengths

Measure Joints

Ensure the rule is clean and dry before storing. They can usually be cleaned with soap and water or a mild solvent. Metal rules can have a little bit of oil rubbed onto them, occasionally, to help prevent rust. They should be stored flat in a drawer or toolbox, so they won't get bent and the edges won't get damaged.

Combination square

Do not play with it

Put away after use

Measures 90 degrees

Measures 45 degrees

A combination square is a tool that serves several purposes in woodworking, stonemasonry, and metalworking. It is composed of a ruler and one or more interchangeable heads that may be affixed to it. The most common head is the standard or square head, which is used to lay out or check right and 45° angles.

Try square

Dont use it as a hammer

Dont be silly with it

Marks square angles on wood

The try square has a blade (straight edge) and a stock/beam which are fixed together at exactly 90. The stock is much thicker than the blade. The edge of the blade and the stock are perfectly sharp and straight.

Crosscut saw/panel saw

Blade secure

No cracks

Keep fingers behind cutting edge

Cut wood panels

Maintenance of crosscut saw and rip saw. - There are four chief operations in sharpening a saw: Topping, Shaping, Setting and Filing. - Topping means to bring the teeth to an uniform height. Place the saw in a vice and run a flat file, held square to the blade, lengthwise until every tooth has been touched.

Tenon Saw

Blade secure

No cracks in handles

No splinters

Keep fingers behind cutting edge

Cut joints into wood

Tenon saws are commonly used to make the tenons used in mortise and tenon joints. These saws can be used on hard and soft woods. As standard a Tenon saw will have between 10 and 14 teeth per inch (TPI), this allows you to have more control over the depth and direction of the cut you are making.

Chisel

No cracks in handle

Keep fingers behind cutting edge

No splinters

Remove timber out of joints

Keep both hands on chisel

Keep fingers away from cutting edge

Mallet

Head is secure

No cracks in handle

No splinters in handle

Drive chisel

To maintain the expressiveness of sound with your mallets, keep in mind the softness of your mallet felts. Some players loosen the felt on the head of their mallets a bit by hand, so that it does not get too hard.

Claw hammer

Hammerhead secure

No cracks in handle

No splinter on handle

Drive nails/extract nails

Smoothing plane

Check for cracks

Keep fingers away from cutting edge

To smooth wood

coping saw

Blade secure

Keep fingers behind cutting edge

Mind the blade gets very hot

Cut shapes out if plastic or wood

Marking gauge

Dont be silly with it, mind the spin

Mark out joints on wood

G clamp

Mind your fingers

Clamp down work

Slash clamp

Mind your fingers

To clamp work together when it is glued.

F clamp

Mind your fingers

Clamps workpiece and wood

Nail punch

Dont be silly with it

Wear glasses

Mind your fingers

Punch nails under the surface of wood

Screwdriver bits

Don’t be silly with it

Don’t use it as a hammer.

Used for driving screws and one that can be fitted to most drilling power tools

Engineering Vice

Mind your fingers

When squeezing small items,mind your eyes

Holding objects

Carpenters Vice

Hold wood while working on it

Mind your fingers

Spokeshave

Plane concave timber

Mind your fingers

Rasp

Used for coarsely happening wood or other material

Don’t use it as a nail file?

Mind your fingers

hole saw

Creates a hole in the workpiece without having to cup up the core material

Keep your fingers away from the sharp edges

Check for splinters

Drill bits

Drill bits can get very hot well drilling

Drills holes in wood, plastic and metal