Woodworking

Woodworking is the process of building, making or carving something using wood.

Woodworking Tools

A variety of tools are used for woodworking. These may be divided into hand tools and power tools or woodworking machinery, or they may be divided into rough groups based on their function in the woodworking process.

Related Topics:
Hand tool - Power tool - Woodworking machinery

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Measuring and marking tools

• rulers, tape measures, and protractors
• straightedges, combination squares, try squares,
• scratch awls, marking gauges, marking knives
• levels
• plane gauges used to determine the flatness of a surface
• hygrometers used to determine the water content of wood before and during working
• winding sticks used to assist when flattening boards

Cutting tools

• hand saws such as the crosscut saw, rip saw, various backsaws (tenon saw, dovetail saw, gent's saw), coping saw, keyhole saw, bow saw, and various Japanese saws
• power saws such as the circular saw, chainsaw, table saw, radial arm saw, jigsaw, miter saw, hole saw (actually a form of drill bit), and band saw

Shaping tools

• hand planes such as the jointer plane, smoothing plane, block plane, shoulder plane, scrub plane, spear plane, and rabbet plane
• thickness planer and jointer
• router and router bits
• rotary tools, often known by the trade name 'Dremel'
• chisel and gouge
• lathe
• drill press and hollow chisel mortiser
• rasp
• knife
• Other hand shaping tools, such as the axe, adze, froe, spokeshave, and drawknife.

Assembly tools

• screwdriver
• hammer and mallet
• hand or power drills along with drill bits
• clamps including the C-clamp, F-clamp, G-clamp, bar clamp, mitre clamp, sash clamp and band clamp

Finishing tools

• sandpaper, used alone or with sanding blocks or power sanders such as the belt sander, palm sander, disc sander, and random orbit sander
• steel wool or bronze wool, used for polishing or applying stain or liquid finishing compounds
• file
• scraper
• brushes mainly for applying varnish, wood stain
• spray guns for applying lacquer

Accessory tools and furniture

• Workbench or just bench is a high table at which one usually stands or sits on a high stool, and on which wood is worked
• dog hole, a square or round hole made in the top surface of a bench to allow the attachment of various clamping and holding devices.
• bench dog, a peg which, when fitted into a dog hole allows clamping pressure to be applied to a wooden item being worked.
• hold fast, a simple bent rod with a foot which when placed in a dog hole in a bench can be used to position and hold boards.
• vise, or vice, a stable clamping apparatus used to hold wood in different positions while being worked
• bench hook, a bench top stop against which wood can be pushed whilst being worked.
• Sawhorse, a four-legged stand usually used in pairs to support large pieces of wood such as panels, long boards, and sheets.
• Horse, also known as a shave horse, a tool upon which one sits, with a foot activated clamp to hold shingles, spokes, or short boards, upon which one shaves wood with a drawknife or spokeshave.
• shooting board, used in combination with a hand plane to trim end grain or to straighten edges of boards.