Common Tools

What should a coping saw be used for? (choose 2)

• Cutting straight lines in wood or plastic

• Cutting thick sections of wood or plastic

• Cutting curves in wood or plastic

• Cutting fine /small sections of wood or plastic

What should a mitre saw be used for? (choose 2)

• Cutting Mitre joints

• Cutting angles between 0-180 degrees on wood

• Cutting all woodwork joints

• Cutting large planks of wood

What should a tenon saw be used for? (choose 2)

• Cutting only tenon joints

• Cutting most wood joints

• Cutting curves in wood

• Cutting straight lines in wood

What should a fret saw be used for? (choose 2)

• Cutting thick sections of wood

• cutting thin sections of wood and plastic

• cutting simple straight shapes

• cutting detailed intricate shapes

What should a band saw be used for? choose 1

• cutting small intricate sections of wood

• cutting curves only

• cutting large sections of wood

• cutting metal

What should a Jig saw be used for?

• Cutting straight lines only

• Cutting intricate shapes and curves

what should a cross pein hammer be used for?

• Annealing metal

• Hammering in screws

• Hitting tight wood joints together

• hammering in panel pins

Hide mallets are often used in both woodwork and metalwork. What benefits does a hide mallet have over a wooden mallet

• It is larger so more force is applied

• The surface skin is softer so doesn't damage/ mark the material

• it is cheaper to buy

• You can apply more force and it wont splinter

When might you use a half rounded file?

• filing flat edges on metal, plastic and wood

• filing flat edges and curves on metal plastic and wood.

• Filing outward curves only

• filing indented curves only

When should a rasp be used? (choose 2)

• When filing away large sections of waste wood.

• When filling away large sections of waste plastic

• when shaping and forming wood before filing

• when shaping and forming plastics before filing