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Jointer Safety Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the minimum size a board must be to be passed through the jointer safely without using a push stick?

a)

12" long by 4" high

b)

12" long by 6" high

c)

10" long by 4" high

d)

10" long by 6" high

2.

Your fingers must be a minimum of ______________ inches from the cutting blades at all times.

a)

3

b)

2

c)

4

d)

1

3.

True or False: You can not use the jointer if someone is WITHIN 3' of you (1 arms length)

a)

true

b)

false

4.

In the event that a piece of wood is less than the required minimum height allowed for holding the wood with your hands, then you should:

a)

use a push stick and a block so your fingers are not near the blades

b)

use a mallet

c)

make a classmate do it

d)

watch your fingers very carefully as you push it through the jointer

5.

What is the amount of material that will be removed from each pass through the jointer?

a)

1/16"

b)

1/8"

c)

3/16"

d)

1/4"

6.

What type of grain are we cutting when using the jointer?

a)

edge grain

b)

end grain

c)

surface grain

7.

True or False: You should always cut in the direction that the grain is going with the wood to prevent tear out.

a)

true

b)

false

8.

What does the guide fence do?

a)

ensures that the material is kept at a perfect 90 degrees as it passes through the blade

b)

it serves no purpose

c)

it gets in the way of your material and shouldn't be used

9.

How can we check that the guide fence is perfectly square?

a)

Using a square

b)

using your eye

c)

you do not need to check

d)

using a ruler

10.

What hand tool does the jointer replace?

a)

block plane

b)

chisel

c)

mallet

d)

awl

11.

What is the difference between the in feed and out feed tables?

a)

the in feed table is lower than the out feed table

b)

the out feed table is lower than the in feed table

c)

there is no difference between the in feed and out feed tables

12.

What is the purpose of the jointer?

a)

to create a working edge that is perfectly square for us to use

b)

to give us a rough edge to use

c)

i don't know. Mr. Wetzel just said its important

13.

What do we put on the edge of our material after we ran it through the jointer?

a)

a letter X

b)

a letter Y

c)

we do not need to mark the side we put through the jointer

14.

True or False: It is ok to move the blade guard with your hand as you are pushing your material through the blade.

a)

true

b)

false

15.

True or False: It is ok to have your hands over the blade while it is spinning.

a)

true

b)

false