Carpentry Tools and Equipment

A flexible tape that slides into a material case and it is used to measure irregular and regular shapes.

• Pull-Push Rule

• Ruler

• Meter Stick

• Try Square

It is a 12-inch or one foot rule and it is used to take/make simple

• Pull-Push Rule

• Ruler

• Meter Stick

• Try Square

________ is a skilled trade and a craft in which the primary work performed is the cutting, shaping and installation of building materials during the construction of buildings, ships, timber bridges, concrete formwork, etc.

Measuring tools used for squaring, measuring and testing tool used to check adjacent surfaces for squareness.

• Ruler

• Meter Stick

• Try Square

• Caliper

This marking tool is used to layout or mark cutting lines.

• Pencil

• Marking Gauge

• Chalk Line

• Divider

This marking tool has two metal legs used to lay-out an arc circle or step off division on a line

• Pencil

• Marking Gauge

• Chalk Line

• Divider

This marking tool is a wood or metal tool consisting of a beam, head and a point used to mark a line parallel to the grain of the wood.

• Pencil

• Marking Gauge

• Chalk Line

• Divider

This measuring tool is used to scribe arcs and circle in a metal wood

• Pencil

• Marking Gauge

• Divider

• Compass

____________ tool used in squaring, measuring and testing the squareness of a wood

• Steel Square

• Try Square

• Spirit Level

• Plumb bob

A testing tool used for framing square used to mark out the work for squaring and checking of angles and is used in the construction of roof framing and large furniture.

• Try Square

• Spirit Level

• Steel Square

• Plumb bob