SCENE SHOP TOOLS

TECHNICAL THEATRE I

STAGECRAFT
 TOOLS IN THE SHOP
• Be sure to ask
questions before • There are a lot of
using any tool you tools available, a
are not familiar small number of
with. which are in our
• Do NOT risk injury Scene Shop.
to yourself or • This is just a small
others (or the tool). selection of the
most basic wood
working tools that
get used almost
every day.
 TOOLS IN THE SHOP
CATEGORIES OF WOODWORKING TOOLS
• HAND TOOLS
• MEASURING AND MARKING
• HAMMERS
• CUTTING TOOLS
• DRILLING TOOLS (OBSOLETE CATEGORY UNDER HAND TOOLS)
• CLAMPING TOOLS
• PLIERS
• WRENCHES
• SCREWDRIVERS
• MISCELLANEOUS

• POWER TOOLS
• STATIONARY POWER SAWS
• POWER HANDSAWS
• POWER DRILLING TOOLS
• BATTERY-POWERED TOOLS
• PNEUMATIC TOOLS
 MEASURING AND MARKING

TAPE MEASURE

FRAMING SQUARE
CHALK LINE

SPEED SQUARE

PENCIL
COMBO SQUARE
BEVEL GAUGE

LEVEL
SHARPIE
HAMMERS

CLAW HAMMER

RIP HAMMER

BALL PEIN HAMMER

SLEDGE HAMMER
 CUTTING TOOLS

UTILITY KNIFE

HAND SAW

SCISSORS

CHISELS

SNIPS
 CLAMPING TOOLS

C-CLAMPS

BAR
CLAMPS

PIPE CLAMP
 PLIERS

ARC JOINT PLIERS

(CHANNEL LOCKS)

LOCKING PLIERS
(VISE GRIPS)

DIAGONAL LINEMAN
LONG-NOSE
CUTTERS PLIERS SLIP-JOINT
PLIERS
PLIERS

FENCING
TOOL
WRENCHES

RATCHETING
WRENCH

COMBINATION (OPEN END

AND BOX END) WRENCH

SOCKETS

OPEN END
ADJUSTABLE
NUTDRIVERS
WRENCH
 SCREWDRIVERS

SLOTTED

PHILLIPS
 MISCELLANEOUS

WRECKING BAR
(CROW BAR) STAPLER

PRY BAR HOT MELT

GLUE GUN
 STATIONARY POWER SAWS

TABLE SAW
RADIAL ARM
SAW
STATIONARY (BUT ALSO PORTABLE)
POWER SAW

POWER MITRE
SAW
OR
CHOP SAW
(Not a
“Cutoff Saw”).
“COMPOUND”
IF IT CAN CUT
TWO ANGLES
AT ONCE.
POWER HAND SAWS

JIG SAW OR
SABRE SAW

RECIPROCATING SAW

CIRCULAR SAW
POWER DRILLING TOOLS

ELECTRIC DRILL
MOTOR

TWIST TYPE DRILL BIT

FOR WOOD OR METAL

PHILLIPS SCREWDRIVER
BIT

BATTERY POWERED
ELECTRIC DRILL
MOTOR SPADE (OR PADDLE)
(CORDLESS) TYPE DRILL BIT
FOR WOOD ONLY!
 PNEUMATIC TOOLS

UPHOLSTERY
OR CRAFT
NARROW STAPLER
CROWN (1/4”) (3/8” CROWN)
PNEUMATIC (FABRIC TO WOOD)
STAPLER
(WOOD TO WOOD)