BUILDING TECHNOLOGY 1

PART 1: CONSTRUCTION TOOLS (whenever possible state the vernacular

term for each tool)
A. CARPENTRY TOOLS
A.1. MEASURING TOOLS
 EXTENSION RULE – is used for measuring inside dimensions such as
doors, windows, cabinets, etc.

 TWO FOOT FOUR FOLDING RULE

 ZIGZAG RULE
 PUSH-PULL TAPE RULE
A.2. MARKING TOOLS
 CHALK OR CHARCOAL LINE
 ROUND PENCIL LEAD
 SCRATCH AWL
 SCRIBER
 COMPASS
 DIVIDER
A.3. TESTING AND GUIDING TOOLS
 LEVEL
 PLASTIC HOSE WITH WATER
 PLUMB BOB
 MITER BOX
 MITER SHOOTING BOARD
 SLIDING T-BEVEL
 ANGLE DIVIDER
  SQUARE
 TRY SQUARE
 MITER SQUARE
 COMBINED TRY AND MITER SQUARE
 COMBINATION SQUARE
 FRAMING OR STEEL SQUARE
A.4. FASTENING TOOLS
 CLAW HAMMER
 WRENCHES
 PLAIN WRENCH
 SOCKET WRENCH
 ADJUSTABLE WRENCH
 SCREW DRIVER
 PLAIN SCREWDRIVER
 PHILLIP SCREWDRIVER
A.5. ROUGH FACING TOOLS
 HATCHET
 AXE
 ADZE
A.6. TOOTHED CUTTING TOOLS
 SAWS
 Classified according to kind of cut
a. Cross cut
b. Rip cut
c. Combined Rip and Cross cut
 MITER SAW
 HACK SAW
 COPING SAW
 FILES
A.7. SHARPED-EDGED CUTTING TOOLS
 CHISEL
 DRAW KNIFE
 A.8. SMOOTH FACING TOOLS
 SPOKE SHAVE
 PLANE
A.9. BORING AND DRILLING TOOLS
 BRAD AWLS
 GIMLETS
 AUGERS
 TWIST DRILLS
 COUNTER SINKS
A.10 HOLDING TOOLS
 HORSE OR TRESTLE
 CLAMPS
 IRON JAW CLAMP
 MITER CLAMP
 BAR CLAMP
 VISES
A.11. SHARPENING TOOLS
 GRIND STONE
 OIL STONE
A.12 WORK BENCH
B. MASONRY TOOLS
MASONRY – is the art of shaping, forming, arranging, laying and uniting
stones, bricks, building blocks, plastering, etc. to form walls and other parts
of the building.
B.1. ROUGHING UP TOOLS
Roughing up – is the process of preparing the surface and parts of
masonry works.
 MASON’S AXE OR HAMMER
 BRICK HAMMER
 PATENT HAMMER
 CRANDALL
 CROSS PEEN HAMMER
 COLD CHISEL
  STAR DRILL
 BOLSTER
 WRECKING BARL
 SLEDGE HAMMER
B.2. SURFACE FINISHING TOOLS
 FLOATS
 COMMON FLOAT
 BULL FLOAT
 DEVIL OR NAIL FLOAT
 CARPET FLOAT
 ANGLE FLOAT
 TROWELS
 ORDINARY TROWEL
 POINTING TROWEL
 BRICK TROWEL
 EDGER
 MARGIN TROWEL
B.3 MISCELLANEOUS MASONRY TOOLS
 SPADE
 G.I. PAIL
 MIXING BOARD
 MASON’S BOX
 RUBBER FOAM
 PAINTER’S BRUSH
 PLASTIC OR NYLON STRING
 ALIGNING STICK
C. TINSMITHING TOOLS
 SLIP JOINT PLIERS
 LOCKING PLIERS
 VISE GRIPS OR CHANNEL LOCKING PLIERS
 METAL SCISSORS
 BALL PEEN HAMMER
 RIVET GUN
D. PAINTER’S TOOLS
 HOOK SCRAPER
 WALL SCRAPER
 PUTTY KNIFE
 PUTTY PLATE
 NAIL SET
 TRIM ROLLER
 PAINT BRUSHES
 PAINT SPRAYER
 WIRE BRUSHES
E. PLUMBING TOOLS
 METAL PIPE/TUBING CUTTER
 PVC PIPE CUTTER
 PPR PIPE FUSION MACHINE
 MONKEY WRENCH
 BASIN WRENCH
 STRAP WRENCH
 PIPE THREADER
 STILLSON WRENCH
 PIPE WRENCH
 YOKE VISE
F. ELECTRICAL TOOLS
 NON-CONTACT VOLTAGE TESTER
 CIRCUIT TESTER
 FISH TAPE
 WIRE CRIMPERS
 WIRE STRIPPER
 DIAGONAL CUTTING PLIERS
 LINESMAN PLIERS
 LONG NOSE PLIERS
 UTILITY KNIFE
 SCREWDRIVERS