Play Production - Tools and Materials

Tape Measure

Used for measuring different objects

Tri Square

Used for measuring 90 degree angles

Combination Square

used for marking 45 and 90-degree angles

Bevel protractor

A combination square with an adjustable angle

Framing Square

Used for making 90-degree corner joints mainly in flat construction

Bevel Set

Used for transferring angles from one spot to another

Carpenter Levels

Used to determine true horizontal and vertical angles

What does Plum mean?

perfectly verticle

What does flush mean?

Two surfaces that are aligned with each other

Scribe

Used for marking different materials like

• Wood

• plastic

• metal

Chalk Line

A mechanism that is stretched and then snapped to leave a straight line for cutting

Claw Hammer

Used for driving fasteners, can be used to straighten out bent nails

Rip Hammer

Used for driving in fasteners or prying and ripping apart previously nailed wood

Straight edge or Steel rule

Used to draw straight lines

Speed square or Carpenter Square

Used to find an angle

T-square

Used to find boards without being seen

• marking right angles

Plumb bob

to find the exact spot in the air for hanging lighting etc

Lazer Levels

to mark straight lines

Lazer tape measure

digital way to measure distance

Tramel Points

Used for drawing exact circles

Ball peen hammer

Used mainly for metalworking, riveting and driving in screws

Tack Hammer

magnetic to hold the hammer

used for the super small tacks and nails

Mechanics hammer

Used to move / bash metal

mini sledge hammer

used to motivate things to move and make things move in small increments

Rubber Mallet

Used to move things and build

Box cutters

used for cutting things like cardboard

Scissors

Cutting fabric and paper

Tin Snip

cutting thin sheets of metal

Cross-cut saw (Hand Saw)

used for cross cutting wood

Pull Saw

Flush cuts for finished work

Coping Saw

Cuts mainly small details

Hack Saw

Used to cut metal

Wood Chisel

Shaving and carving wood

Cold Chisel

Cutting Metal

Plane

Shaving wood

chisel small spaces

Micro Plane

Mainly used for cutting and shaving foam or softer materials

Rasp

Used mainly to shave out wood

Wood File (round file)

smoothing out cuts

4 in hand

small and convenient with all four types of files in one

Twist Bit

Boring a hole and only used on wood (more smooth)

Patel/Spade

Cuts a rougher hole

Hole Saw

Used for cutting a larger whole that the other are not able to.

Stepper bit

Used for cutting holes in metal specifically

Counter sink bit

Cuts the holes for screw holes allowing them to be flesh with the wood

Pre Drill Bit

Makes holes in the wood for screws

Wood Clamp

Ability to clamp wood at an angle

Spring Clamps

Used to hold light weight materials

C-Clamp

Temporary to hold two things together more durable

quick clamp

Used for holding light weight stuff

Speed clamp

easy to us way to hold two things together

Bar or clam clamp

super heavy duty version or clamp option

Pipe Clamp

used to hold pipes securely during work