Introducing wood tools
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Sharpening stones, or whetstones, are used to sharpen the edges of steel tools such as knives through grinding and honing.
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A bench hook is a workbench appliance used in woodworking to hold a workpiece in place while crosscutting with a hand saw. A bench hook is a simple method used to improve accuracy and safety .Usually a bench hook is used with a backsaw, such as a tenon saw or dovetail saw. In use the bench hook is laid flat onto the workbench, so the hook is sitting over the front of the bench. With one hand the woodworker holds the workpiece firmly against the fence. By pushing against the bench hook a little the woodworker is able to hold the workpiece steady and the bench hook securely against the workbench, freeing the other hand to saw. Alternatively to prevent it from moving the woodworker might choose to secure the hook into a face vice on the workbench. Similarly clamps can be used to help hold the bench hook or workpiece in place. Bench hooks can also be used for on-site away from the workbench.
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Drills rotated by a cord or string wrapped tightly around it and strung to a bow.
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For protection against tool slips.
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Large knives with a sharp, curved, and often pointed blade used to carve or slice meat and similar food. May be accompanied by a carving fork.
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Clamps consisting of two double-cranked arms with swivel shoes connected by a system of levers actuated by a central threaded rod which also carries a round shoe; usually used for corner-clamping large mitered frames.
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Hammers with a hardened face on one end of the head for driving nails, and curved forked tines on the other end for pulling out nails.
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Chisels having two cutting edges which meet at right angles; used to cut corners of mortises.
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Special nails that are pointed at both ends and are used to fasten mortise-and-tenon joints.
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A tool used for smoothing and shaping wood. It typically consists of a hardened steel bar with a series of ridges or teeth cut into its surface. Files are primarily used for refining shapes, smoothing out rough surfaces, and removing small amounts of material. They are especially useful for final touches after the main carving work has been done with knives, gouges, or chisels. Files come in various shapes and sizes, each designed for specific tasks. Common types include flat files, round (rat-tail) files, half-round files, and triangular files. Each shape allows the carver to work on different contours and details of the wood piece.
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Slender nails, each having a narrow head, that may be driven entirely into a wood surface leaving a small hole that can be filled with putty or a similar compound.
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Gouges sharpened both outside and inside; the larger outside bevel is used for hardwoods, and the smaller inside bevel for softwoods.
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Name given to a group of saws which have a handle at one end and a wide blade which tapers in width from handle to toe; hand saws are never power saws.
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Short-handled mallets with a wooden head used to strike a chisel or wedge in woodworking.
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Tools having a sharp edge and used for leveling and smoothing the surface of wood or another material by paring shavings from it.
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Polishing is often used to enhance the appearance of an item, prevent contamination of instruments, remove oxidation, create a reflective surface, or prevent corrosion in pipes.
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A rasp is a coarse form of file used for coarsely shaping wood or other material. Typically a hand tool, it consists of a generally tapered rectangular, round, or half-round sectioned bar of case hardened steel with distinct, individually cut teeth.
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Tough paper coated on one side with an abrasive material, such as sand, silica, garnet, silicon carbide, or aluminum oxide; used for smoothing and polishing. Sandpaper is sold in several grades of coarseness usually specified by the size sieve that the particles can pass through, e.g., 400 grit is finer than 100 grit.
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Scraper is a woodworking shaping and finishing tool. It is used to manually remove small amounts of material and excels in tricky grain areas where hand planes would cause tear out.
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Cylindrical fasteners having a head with a slot or recess and helical or spiral threading, to be inserted by rotating, as with a screwdriver.
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Hand tools with a handle and a shank with a tip shaped to fit the recess in the head of a screw; used to drive or remove screws.
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Skew carving chisel: A versatile carving tool that can be used to make markings for the outline, smooth out surfaces or make detailed cuts with the tip. Generally the right-beveled skew is for right hand and a left-beveled skew is for left-hand users. As the skew gets thinner and smaller, it can do finer work.
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The V-parting tool is one of the most complex carving tools to sharpen. It takes patience and careful attention to keep the corners even while not dropping out the bottom of the V or creating a horn. When sharpening a V-tool, it helps to think of it as three separate tools – a pair of flat chisels on the sides and little gouge at the bottom. Keeping this idea in mind can help simplify a process that can otherwise seem very complicated. Some carvers say that the V-tool is just two chisels joined to form a V. That makes sense because the tool can perform as a chisel if held so only one cutting edge is doing the work. But the primary function of this tool is to separate areas when outlining, adding detail, texturing, or undercutting. It is also called a parting tool.
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Gripping tools with adjustable jaws controlled by a lever or screw; used to clamp an object firmly in place while work is being done on it.
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Strong heavy waist-high tables on which the work of mechanics, machinists, and carpenters is performed.
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