Cutting Tools

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Cutting Tools

• Prepared by
• Dr. Dale Carpentier
• Monroe Area High School

Modified by Georgia Agriculture Education
Curriculum Office June 2007
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Cutting Tools and Procedures

• Objectives As a result of this lesson, students
  will be able to accomplish the following
  objectives
• Identify and select appropriate cutting tools for
  a given project.
• Use cutting tools correctly and accurately when
  given a woodworking project.
• Read measurements within 1/16.
• Cut boards within 1/16 tolerance.

Essential Questions What are the common hand
cutting tools and the procedure for using them?
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Cross Cut Hand Saw

• Used for cutting across the grain.
• 8 to 12 teeth per inch. The more teeth per inch
  the smoother the cut.

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Rip Handsaw

• Used to cut with the grain of the wood.
• 5 to 7 teeth per inch.
• We do not have a rip saw in the shop.

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Back Saw

• Has a thin blade with fine teeth with a heavy
  piece of steel fitted over the back to prevent it
  from buckling.
• Used to make flat bottom cuts such as, dado cuts
  and rabbit cuts.
• Only cuts on the forward stroke.

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Key Hole or Compass Saw

• Used mostly for cutting holes in sheet rock/dry
  wall

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Coping Saw

• Used for cutting inside or outside curves.
• Small blade will make sharp curves.
• Can take blade off and put through a hold to cut
  out holes.
• Cuts on forward stroke.

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Hole Saw

• Used to cut holes in boards.
• Sizes range from ¾ to 5 plus.
• Use with low speed.
• Works best to cut part way through and then cut
  from other side.

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Hacksaw

• Used to cut metal.
• Only cuts on forward stroke.

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Wood Chisel

• Comes in widths ¼ inch to 1 ½ inch.
• Wood chips out on the beveled side.
• Push by hand or use a mallet.
• NEVER USE A HAMMER!

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Jack Plane

• 14 or 15 long, 2 2 ½ wide.
• Used for making straight, smooth edges.
• Can be used for chamfers.
• Not for plywood or end grain.

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4 In Hand Rasp

• Used to reduce and smooth edges that cannot be
  worked with a cutting tool.
• Has two sides, one flat and one curved. Each
  side is half course and half fine.
• Rasps and files are cleaned with a file card.
• Can be used for rounding and shaping wood.

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Surform Plane

• Combination of rasp and plane.
• Works well for shaping wood.

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Wood Rasps

• Used to smooth wood.

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