1. Bench Tools (Woodwork)

2. Try Square Brass Rivets 90 Rosewood Handle
The Try Square is used for marking a line at right angles to an edge
Try Square

3. Marking Gauge Spur Rosewood Stock
The Marking Gauge is used to draw a line parallel to an edge.
Brass Thumbscrew
Stem

4. Bevel Edged Chisel Tough Plastic Handle Cutting Edge
Lapped Dovetail Joint
When using a chisel
Always keep all ten fingers behind the cutting edge,
Make sure your timber is held securely
Store your chisel safely when not in use
Tough Plastic Handle
Cutting Edge
The Bevel Edged Chisel is a multi purpose chisel principally designed for cutting dovetails
Bevel Edged Chisel

5. Mortise Chisel Metal Ferrule Ash Handle
The Bevel Edged Chisel is used to cut the mortise in a Mortise and Tenon Joint the Chisel has a heavy rectangular blade and metal ferrules around the handle to prevent the handle splitting when it is hit with a mallet.

6. Tenon Saw Back Beech handle Blade
(made from brass and used to keep the thin blade straight)
Beech handle
Blade
The Tenon Saw is a general purpose bench saw normally used with a saw board to cut straight lines. The Kerf is the slot produced by the cutting action of the saw. This slot is slightly wider than the thickness of the blade due to the set in the saw teeth
Kerf

7. Mallet
Made from Beech
The Mallet is used for striking a chisel and assembling work.
Note: A Mallet should never be used to “hammer” in nails, panel pins or to hit a centre punch. This will damage the face of the Mallet.

8. Cross Pein Hammer Ash Handle
The cross pein is used to start small nails without injury
The Cross Pein Hammer is used for driving in nails, panel pins and hitting a centre punch.

9. Jack Plane
The Jack Plane is a multi purpose bench plane.

10. Made from Beech
The Saw Board is used to hold timber (and protect the bench) while sawing

11. Mortise Gauge Fixed Spur Adjustable Spur
The mortise gauge is used when marking out mortise and tenon joints.
Thumbscrew
Spur adjustment screw
Mortise & Tenon Joint

12. Mortise Gauge
The Mortise Gauge is set to the width of the Mortise Chisel when marking out.
Mortise Chisel
Marking out a mortise

13. Pincers
Pincers are used to remove panel pins. To use the Pincers grip the small pin and roll the pincers to one side.
Roll the pincers as shown

14. Sliding Bevel
The Sliding Bevel is used for marking out angles other than 90˚

15. Panel Saw
The panel saw is used to make straight cuts in large pieces of sheet wood. The saw has a fine toothed crosscut for sawing plywood, thin wood and large joints. The handle is normally made of beech wood or polypropylene and the blade is made from hardened and spring tempered tool steel. The blade is tapered from teeth to back to prevent sticking in kerf.

16. Cabinet Scraper Cut on the push stroke
This is simple tool used mainly for finishing hardwoods. It is particularly useful when finishing short grain. To use the Cabinet scraper bend it between fingers and thumbs as shown and push forward.

17. Pad Saw
The Pad Saw or Keyhole saw was traditionally used to cut slots for keyholes this saw is now more commonly used to cut holes in plasterboard for fitting electrical sockets and switches.

18. Nail Punches Hollow point
Nail punches are used to drive the heads of panel pins below the surface of the wood.
The only difference between a Nail punch and a Centre punch is the Nail punch has a hollow point.
In the workshop nail punches are available in 3 different sizes
Nail

19. Bradawl
The Bradawl is used to make a small hole for a screw. Using this tool will make it much easier to start a screw in hardwoods

20. Push Pin
The Pushpin can be used in place of a Hammer to push small panel pins into softwood.
Using a Pushpin

21. Trammels Pencil Trammels are used to mark out large circles.
Scrap wood

22. Fretsaw
The Fret saw has a very fine blade and can be used to cut intricate shapes in thin wood.