Tool Identification

By:Gord Darling Construction Technology

Adjustable Wrench • Turning various size nuts and bolts.

Allen Wrench • Turning hex head socket screws.

Aviation Snips • Cutting sheet metal.

Ball Pein Hammer • Hammering metal.

Bar Clamp • Clamping large sections of wood together.

Bent Nose Pliers • Reaching obstructive or awkward places.

Bolt Cutters • Cutting bolts & steel rods.

Box End Wrench • Turning hex head nuts and bolts.

C Clamp • Clamping two or more pieces of metal together.

Chain Saw File • Sharpening chain saw file.

Chalk Line Reel • Making straight lines.

Circular Carbide Saw Blade • Blade used on portable electric saw.

• Cutting metal.

Cold Chisel

Combination Oil Stone • For sharpening and honing cutting tools.

Combination Square • Determining 45 o and 90 o angles.

Combination Wrench • Turning hex and square nuts and bolts.

• Drawing circles.

Compass

Compass Saw • Cutting wood in close places.

Coping Saw • Cutting curves and irregular cuts.

Cordless Drill • Drilling holes with a tool that uses a battery pack.

Countersink • Flaring top of hole for recessing head for flathead screw or bolt.

Diagonal Cutting Pliers • Surface and diagonal wire cutting.

• Aligning holes.

Drift Punch

Drill Press Vise • Holding stock while drilling.

Dust Mask • Protects the respiratory system from airborne particles.

Emery Dresser • Smoothing face of grinding wheel.

End Cutting Nippers • Cutting ends of wire, nails and small bolts.

Finishing Nail • Nailing boards where head will not be noticed.

Framing Square • Squaring cut corners and laying out stairs and rafters.

• Cutting glass.

Glass Cutter

Groove Joint Pliers • Gripping when greater pressure is needed.

• Sawing metal.

Hack Saw

Half Hatchet • Cutting and fitting wood.

Half Round File • Curve and flat filing.

Hammer Drill • Power drilling in concrete, brick or block.

Hand Screw Clamp • Clamping wood together.

• Leveling and plumbing.

Level

Line Level • Leveling between long distance points.

Long Nose Pliers • Reaching into recessed areas.

Machinist’s Vise • Holding metal firm while working.

Masonry Bit • Boring a hole in concrete, brick, or block.

• Cutting angles.

Miter Box

• Driving nails.

Nail Hammer

Nail Set • Countersinking nail heads.

Nailing Gun • Rapid nailing using air, gas, or electricity.

Open End Wrench • Turning square head nuts and bolts.

Phillip’s Screwdriver • Turning phillips heads screws.

Pin Punch • Driving out metal pins.

Pipe Wrench • Turning and holding metal pipe.

Plumb Bob • Vertical plumbing to locate points.

Portable Circular Saw • Sawing wood in construction projects.

Portable Electric Drill • Drilling holes with an external source of power.

Portable Jig Saw • Making irregular cuts.

Portable Electric Sander • Power tool used for smoothing surface.

Putty Knife • Applying and smoothing putty.

Roofing Nail • Nailing tin, aluminum, fiberglass or asphalt roofing.

• Making edges or designs in wooden surfaces.

Router

Rubber Mallet • Hammering to avoid marring surface.

Safety Glasses • Protects eyes from the impact of foreign objects.

Safety Goggles • Protects eyes from liquids and vapors.

Screwmate • Drills and countersinks flat head wood screw holes.

Side Cutting Pliers • Holding and/or cutting wire.

Sledge Hammer • Heavy hammering.

Slip Joint Pliers • Adjust for holding various size material.

Slotted Screwdriver • Turning slotted screwdriver.

Speed Bore Bit • Wood boring bit for electric drill.

Straight Shank Drill Bit • Drilling metal.

Tape Rule • Straight or curved measuring.

Torx Screwdriver • Turning torx-head screws and bolts.

• 90 o squaring.

Try Square

Vise Grip Pliers • For extra firm gripping.

Wood Chisel • Dressing and shaping wood.

Wood Mallet • Driving non-metallic objects.

Wood Rasp • Coarse filing of wood.

Wrecking Bar • Ripping and prying.

Designed By: • Gord Darling, – Sydenham High School