1. TECHNICAL THEATRE I STAGECRAFT
SCENE SHOP TOOLS
TECHNICAL THEATRE I STAGECRAFT

2. TOOLS IN THE SHOP
Be sure to ask questions before using any tool you are not familiar with.
Do NOT risk injury to yourself or others (or the tool).
There are a lot of tools available, a small number of which are in our Scene Shop.
This is just a small selection of the most basic wood working tools that get used almost every day.

3. TOOLS IN THE SHOP CATEGORIES OF WOODWORKING TOOLS HAND TOOLS
MEASURING AND MARKING
HAMMERS
CUTTING TOOLS
DRILLING TOOLS (OBSOLETE CATEGORY UNDER HAND TOOLS)
CLAMPING TOOLS
PLIERS
WRENCHES
SCREWDRIVERS
MISCELLANEOUS
POWER TOOLS
STATIONARY POWER SAWS
POWER HANDSAWS
POWER DRILLING TOOLS
BATTERY-POWERED TOOLS
PNEUMATIC TOOLS

4. MEASURING AND MARKING TAPE MEASURE FRAMING SQUARE CHALK LINE
SPEED SQUARE
PENCIL
COMBO SQUARE
BEVEL GAUGE
LEVEL
SHARPIE

5. HAMMERS
CLAW HAMMER
RIP HAMMER
BALL PEIN HAMMER
SLEDGE HAMMER

6. CUTTING TOOLS
UTILITY KNIFE
HAND SAW
SCISSORS
CHISELS
SNIPS

7. CLAMPING TOOLS
C-CLAMPS
BAR
CLAMPS
PIPE CLAMP

8. PLIERS ARC JOINT PLIERS (CHANNEL LOCKS) LOCKING PLIERS (VISE GRIPS)
DIAGONAL
CUTTERS
LINEMAN
PLIERS
LONG-NOSE
PLIERS
SLIP-JOINT
PLIERS
FENCING
TOOL

9. WRENCHES RATCHETING WRENCH COMBINATION (OPEN END AND BOX END) WRENCH
SOCKETS
OPEN END
ADJUSTABLE
WRENCH
NUTDRIVERS

10. SCREWDRIVERS
SLOTTED
PHILLIPS

11. MISCELLANEOUS WRECKING BAR (CROW BAR) STAPLER PRY BAR HOT MELT
GLUE GUN

12. STATIONARY POWER SAWS
TABLE SAW
RADIAL ARM
SAW

13. STATIONARY (BUT ALSO PORTABLE) POWER SAW
POWER MITRE
SAW OR
CHOP SAW
(Not a
“Cutoff Saw”).
“COMPOUND”
IF IT CAN CUT
TWO ANGLES
AT ONCE.

14. POWER HAND SAWS
JIG SAW OR
SABRE SAW
RECIPROCATING SAW
CIRCULAR SAW

15. POWER DRILLING TOOLS ELECTRIC DRILL MOTOR BATTERY POWERED
TWIST TYPE DRILL BIT
FOR WOOD OR METAL
PHILLIPS SCREWDRIVER
BIT
BATTERY POWERED
ELECTRIC DRILL
MOTOR
(CORDLESS)
SPADE (OR PADDLE)
TYPE DRILL BIT
FOR WOOD ONLY!

16. PNEUMATIC TOOLS UPHOLSTERY OR CRAFT STAPLER (3/8” CROWN) NARROW
(FABRIC TO WOOD)
NARROW
CROWN (1/4”)
PNEUMATIC
STAPLER
(WOOD TO WOOD)