BUILDING CONSTRUCTION-I

ASSIGNMENT-1
MASONRY & CARPENTRY TOOLS

NAME: DAUHA FARIDI

B. ARCH (REGULAR)
 CONTENTS

01. TROWELS (3) 06. SAW (3)

1.1) POINTED TROWEL 6.1) CIRCULAR SAW
1.2) CORNER TROWEL 6.2) CROSS CUT SAW
1.3) BRICKLAYING TROWEL 6.3) FRAME SAW
02. SPADES (3) 07. TAPE MEASURE
2.1) SHOVEL 08. HAWK
2.2) DIGGING SPADE 09. MASON'S SQUARE
2.3) PICK AXE 10. GAUGE RODE
03. CHISEL (3) 11. BOMING ROD
3.1) WOOD HANDLED CHISEL 12. LINE PINS
3.2) DRAFTING CHISEL 13.BUILDER'S PENCIL
3.3) TOOTH CHISEL 14. PLUMB RULE & ROD
04. HAMMER (4) 15. MORTAR PAN
4.1) SPALLING HAMMER 16. JOINTER
4.2) MASH HAMMER 17. CROWBAR
4.3) SCABBLING HAMMER
4.4) BRICK HAMMER
05. LEVELS (3)
5.1) SPIRIT LEVEL
5.2) BEVEL
5.3) SLIDING T-BEVEL
 Masonry & Carpentry Tools

COMMON
S.No NAME IMAGE DESCRIPTION USES
NAME

The basic masonry trowel is made

up of stainless steel with a plastic/ This is used to lift and spread
Pointed
1.1. karanee wooden handle. The ends of mortar in joints during masonry
Trowel trowel may be bull nosed or construction.
pointed.

It is one of the common

Corner modifications of the basic trowel. It is used for shaping corners of
1.2. “
Trowel With 2 types, outside and inside the wall.
corner trowels.
 used in bricklaying for cutting brick
and spreading mortar or cement.
Bricklaying It is a flat triangular trowel. They
The trowel is also used to tap
1.3. “ come in various shapes and sizes
Trowel bricks down on to the bed and can
depending on the task.
be used for random cutting of soft
bricks.

The most versatile of shovel

Used as piercing ground to
designs is the digging shovel. With
scooping and transferring
its sharp cutting edge, it can
2.1. Shovel phaavda materials such as cement and
practically do all sorts of things
gravel. Best suited for heavy-duty
you’d expect, from a shovel also
tasks like digging.
having pointed shovel tip.

The best digging spades have a

blade made from steel for extra
With a digging spade, you can cut
strength and durability. You’d also
down into the ground at a more
want a digging spade that can
Digging efficient rate. This versatile tool
2.2. phaavda resist rust, scratches, and
Spade can also be used in preparing
humidity. Finally, look for a
trenches for walls and other
digging spade with a well-
structures to be built.
designed handle for a comfortable
grip and use.

It has a long head pointed at both It is employed for rough dressing

2.3. Pick Axe kulhadee ends. of stones and to split the stones in
the quarry.
 Wood A chisel is a tool with a
It is used to dress soft stones. And
characteristically shaped cutting
3.1. Handled chenee for carving or cutting stone by
edge of blade on its end.Its handle
Chisel hand.
is made from wood or plastic.

Especially used for cutting a

It is a chisel that come in different
border or line at the edge of a
Drafting types of size. Grooves are made
3.2. “ stone. And, these stones are used
Chisel with the drafting chisel at the all
in plinths and at corners in
four edges of stone.
building.

It is a hand-held tool of metal

consisting of a long shaft, with a
toothed cutting edge at one end.
It is again usually hit with a mallet
Tooth
3.3. “ or metal hammer. The number of
Chisel teeth on this cutting edge varies,
generally between three and five,
but a variation with two teeth also
exists.
Tooth chisel is also used for fine
dressing. The tooth chisel is
normally used between roughing-
out and finishing, to clear away
the rough marks left by the point
chisel and prepare the surface for
finer work.
 It is a stone mason’s tool. It has a
Spalling beveled striking face. It is a large
4.1. - hammer usually with a flat face
Hammer and straight peen for rough
dressing and breaking of stone.
It is a heavy hammer used for
cutting, shaping and rough
dressing of stones.

A mash hammer is also known as a

stone mason’s hammer. It is
double-sided with two striking
Mash faces, most often used in stone
4.2. -
Hammer masonry work. This hammer
consists of a wooden handle to
which is attached a heavy head,
usually made of metal.
It is used to hit and drive chisel for
rough dressing of stone. It should
only be used to strike stones, but
can also be used for such tasks as
chipping away mortar in stone
masonry.

Scabbling also called scappling is

the process of reducing stone
while dressing of stone. In Scabbling hammer is a tool used to
Scabbling scabbling dressing, only irregular break small projections of stones
4.3. -
Hammer angels are taken off with a or removing irregular bushings
scabbling hammer. It has a large from the face of stone.
head made of iron and wooden
handle.
 One end of the hammer is square It is used for rough cutting of
and another end is sharp-edged. It bricks in different shapes and
Brick
4.4. Hathoda has one flat traditional face and a sizes. It is also used to push the
Hammer short or long chisel shaped blade. bricks if they come out from the
course line.

Spirit level is made of hard plastic

or wood with bubble tube in the
middle. The bubble tube is
It is used to check the horizontality
5.1. Spirit Level randa partially filled with alcohol in such
and verticality of the surfaces.
a way that, an air bubble is formed
in it.

It comprises of two slotted blades

of steel and fixed with each other
with thumb screw. It is a tool
5.2. Bevel - It is employed to set out angles.
consisting of two rules or arms
joined together and opening to
any angle.

This is adjustable, and you can lock

If you’re going to be measuring a
it at the angle you want to mark,
Sliding T- bunch of angles, a sliding bevel, or
5.3. - making it much more time-savvy
Bevel T-Bevel, will be a handy tool.
to mark multiple angles.
 A circular saw is either hand held
or affixed to a substrate. It runs on
electricity and is provided with a
toothed or abrasive blade/disc
circular saws have a round and
Circular which has the ability to cut
6.1. Vidyut aari much larger blade that is suitable
Saw different materials including
for making straight cuts.
wood, stone, brick, metals, plastic
by using a rotary motion that spins
around an arbor.

It has a comparatively thick blade,

with large, beveled teeth.
It is used to cut hard stones. It is
Cross Cut Traditional 2-man crosscut saws
6.2. - designed specifically for rough
Saw (felling saws) have a handle on
cutting.
each end and are meant to be
used by two people to cut stones.
It consists of a comparatively
narrow and flexible blade held
under tension within a (generally
wooden) rectangular frame called This is used to cut large blocks of
6.3. Frame Saw -
sash or gate. The blade is held stones.
perpendicular to the plane of the
frame, so that the stone passes
through the center of the frame.
 Hand tool for the an accurate tape
measure. Since measurements on
large scale projects can be very
Tape susceptible to even the most
Hand tool for the an accurate tape
7. - minute measurement variations,
Measure measure.
you’ll want to make sure the
“hook” or tab at the end of the is
firmly attached, with no give.

A hawk consists of a board that is

around 13 inches square and a
perpendicular handle located right
8. Hawk - in the center of its back. You’ll
have to hold it horizontally while
applying the material held by the
hawk.
used for holding mortar or similar
material so you can quickly get
some of it. You can also use it for
holding joint compound for
purposes like tape and jointing.

This is very important and basic

tool used in masonry work. This
Mason’s tool has “L” shape. It is made of It is used to set out right angles at
9. -
Square flat steel having each arm about the corner of masonry wall.
0.5 m long.
 The gauge rod is often 2-3 meters
long. Made of either aluminum or
it can help you ensure that each
timber, Unlike other bricklaying
10. Gauge Rod - course of bricks is of the same
tools, the gauge rod is one of
height after completion.
those few tools that you can
create on your own.
It consists of an upright pole
having a horizontal board at its
top, forming a ‘T ‘shaped rod.
Boning rods are made in set of
three rods, and many consist of
Boning three ‘T’ shaped rods, each of
They are used for levelling from
11. - equal shape and size, or two rods
rode two fixed points in surveying.
identical to each other and a third
one consisting of longer rod with a
movable or detachable ‘T’ piece.
The third one is called traveler or
traveling rod.

It is used to maintain the

Line and pins consist of a string
alignment of the work-in-progress.
Line and whose ends are connected with
12. - It is used to level line and the
Pins two solid metal rods with pin
alignment of brick course while
points.
brick laying in brick masonry work.
This pencil is quite different from
ordinary graphite pencils. It’s
It is used to create draw lines,
made bigger for a more
Builder’s mark areas for cutting, or make
13. - comfortable grip and a much
Pencil notches in the material when
stronger lead core to mark rough
measuring and planning.
surfaces such as stone, wood, or
concrete.
 It consists of a string tied to a
weight at bottom called bob and
straight wood board with uniform
Plumb Rule This basic masonry tool is used to
14. - edges called plumb rule. On its
& Rod check the verticality of walls.
center a groove is provided in
which plumb bob is placed.

It is a vessel made of rigid plastic

or steel used to hold or carry sand, Mortar pan is commonly used in
cement, mortar and concrete. To construction sites and is made of
15. Mortar Pan ghamela use a mortar pan, fill it with a iron or plastic. It is also used to
quantity of material i.e. sand, mix mortar and to lift mortar on
cement, mortar etc. that you are working site.
comfortable with carrying.
A jointer in masonry construction
is a tool in the form of a striking
iron or a striking tool. A jointer or
brick jointer is a hand tool
Used to finish the horizontal or the
16. Jointer - designed to imprint grooves into
vertical mortar joints.
recently filled mortar joints at the
stage when they are starting to
set.

This consists of an iron edge with a

number of teeth from 3 mm to 9 It is employed for dressing the
17. Crowbar lohadand
mm. surface of stones.