Basic Metalwork Tools and Equipment

Basic Metalwork Tools and Equipment

A. Measuring Tools
B. Cutting Tools
C. Driving Tools
D. Holding Tools
E. Miscellaneous Tools
 A. Measuring Tools

1. Pull-push rule- This flexible rule can support itself,

but it can also be used to measure curved or uneven
surfaces. The blade of steel tape rule is normally 12
inches wide and 72 inches long. Except for the first 6
inches, which are graduated in thirty-seconds of an
inch, the gradation is in sixteenths.
2. Steel Tape- is dentical to a steel tape
rule.
3. Steel Rule- The most commonly used
instrument.
4. Dividers

5. Try Square
ina 6. Combination Square- It’s a tool that
combine 45 degree, 90 degree, and a protactor.

7. Caliper- a device that consists of a pair of

movable pivoting legs that is used to measure
thicknesses and internal or external diameters
that are inaccessible to a scale.
 Steel Tape Steel Rule

Try Square
Dividers

Combination Square
Micrometer

Caliper
 Types of Caliper

Outside Caliper Inside Caliper

Hermaphrodite Caliper
 B. Cutting Tools

1. Hacksaw- is a tooth cutting tool . The main

parts are handles, blade, tightening screw and
nuts . The tool is mainly used in cutting.
2. Files- A widely used hand-cutting tool in the
workshop is the file. It is a hard piece of high-
grade steel with slanted rows of teeth. It is used to
cut, smooths, or fit metals parts. It is used for
filing or cutting soft metals. It consists of the
following part, as shown in Fig. The touch is the
pointed part, which is fitted into the handle. The
point is the opposite end of the touch.
Kinds Of Files:

Flat file Square file

Mill file

Triangular file
Round file Half-round file
3. Cold Chisel- Featured snippet from the
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A cold chisel is a tool made of tempered
steel used for cutting 'cold' metals, meaning
that they are not used in conjunction with
heating torches, forges, etc
 C. Driving Tools

1. Hammers
a.Ball pen hammer- used for straightening
bending and deforming metals.
b.Chipping hammer- used for removing slag on
weld and with two faces, the tapered from one
side and round pointed on the other side.
2. Wrench- is used for loosening and tightening
light and heavy nuts and bolts.
 Oxy acetylene wrench

Adjustable wrench Closed-end wrench

Socket wrench
Open-ended wrench
3. Screwdriver- a hand tool that designed to turn screws.

Philips
Helical-ratchet

Flattened
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TOOLS and MISCELLANEOUS
TOOLS