Tool Safety Flashcards
What is a common tool that everyone may have?
Hammer
Hammers
Bell-Faced Hammer - not damage the surface of work (countersurface), slightly rounded (convex) face
Claw Hammer - Used to drive nails, wedges, and dowels. The claw pulls nails out of wood, and the face may be flat or rounded. It’s easier to drive the nails with the flat-face claw hammer but it leaves hammer marks on the surface when driving a nail flush with the surface.
Ball Peen Hammer - Has a flat face for striking and a spherical or hemispherical head for peening (rounding off) metal or rivets. It is used with chisels and punches.
Sledge Hammer - a heavy-duty tool used to drive posts or other large stakes. Don’t swing behind the head to drive the post, instead bring it up in front of you, and hammer the post/stake in front of you.
Toughest and safest hammers are made of
tough alloy and drop ford steel
Ripping Bars and Nail Pullers
Used to take apart existing structures before building again
Ripping Bars - a tool used for heavy-duty dismantling of woodwork such as tearing apart building frames or concrete forms.
Wrecking Bar -
Flat Bar
Chisel Bar
Cat’s Paw
Nail Pullers
Cat’s Paw
Chisel Bars
Flat Bars
Chisels
Cold Chisels - cuts metal 60°, doesn’t have hand
Wood Chisel - cuts wood 25° degree angle, has handle
If a cold chisel is mushrooming why would you get rid of it?
Shrapnel flying back up at you, and break apart
Punches
Center Punch
Prick Punch
Tapered Punch
Screwdrivers
Slotted - also known as flat head
Phillips
Clutch-Drive
Torx - favorite
Robertson
Allen
Don’t use as punch, chisel, or pry bar, because it’s not made out of hard material made for it
Pliers and Wire Cutters
Slip-joint (combination) pliers
Long-nose (needle-nose) pliers
Lineman pliers (side cutters)
Tongue-and-groove (CHANNELLOCK) pliers
Locking pliers (Vise-Grip) pliers
How do you use the pliers?
Wrenches
Open-End
Box-End
Hex Key (Allen)
Striking (slugging)
Combination
Striking Wrentches
12-Point Striking Wrench
6-Point Striking Wrench With Straight Handle
Adjustable Wrenches
Pipe Wrench
Spud Wrench
Adjustable End Wrench
When using an Adjustable Wrench
make sure you are pulling and not pushing so you don’t pinch yourself, always keep hands open
Want the movable jaw facing the direction you are pulling