tools usage Limitations Safety checklis

precautio t
ns
Marking - Only - Keep the - Blade
Try and measures blade clean alignmen
square checking 90° angles. and free of t with
right angles- Not suitable rust. handle.
on for large- - Avoid - Ensure
materials. scale or using on edges
highly hot or are
- Ensuring precise sharp straight
edges are measuremen surfaces to and free
perpendicul ts prevent of
ar to - Limited damage. damage.
surfaces in durability - Hold - Clean
woodworkin with firmly to regularly
g or excessive prevent and store
metalworki use on hard slipping. in a dry
ng. materials. place.
-used for -it is only
hardwood accurate
from inside
Engineering - Checking - Not suitable - Handle - Verify
square and for large with care to squaren
marking workpieces. avoid ess
precise 90° - Can be bending before
angles in heavy and the blade. use.
engineerin less portable - Do not - Ensure
g and for some expose to no rust
machining. uses. heat or or
- -it is accurate corrosive damage
Calibrating both from substances. on
machine inside and - Ensure edges.
parts and outside secure - Store in
tools. placement a
-used for while in protectiv
metal use. e case to
 workpiece prevent
bending
or
contami
nation.
-used for - Limited to - Avoid - Avoid
Meter rod every type straight-line bending or bending
of measurement applying or
workpiece s. excessive applying
- Susceptible pressure. excessiv
- to wear and - Ensure a e
Measuring breakage stable pressure
lengths over time. surface for .
and - Accuracy accurate - Ensure
distances depends on readings. a stable
in material - Do not surface
constructio stability and use on for
n external sharp or accurate
conditions. abrasive readings.
-it can surfaces. - Do not
measurer use on
till one sharp or
meter abrasive
surfaces.

Marking tools
Tool Usage Limitation Safety checklist
s precautio
ns
Odd Leg Marking - Limited to
- Ensure - Inspect
Calipers lines straight or
tips are for
parallel to simple sharp but sharpness
edges on curved not overly and
metal or markings. aggressive. alignment.
wood. - Not ideal
- Handle - Ensure
- Scribing for soft with care tips are
arcs and materials to avoid free of rust
distances as it may bending. or damage.
on leave - Avoid - Clean and
surfaces. unwanted using on store
marks. brittle securely.
materials.
Marking - Marking - Limited to - Avoid - Check for
Gauge straight, marking over- sharpness
parallel straight tightening of the
lines on lines. the pin/blade.
wood. - Not adjustable - Ensure
- Ensuring effective parts. the beam
consistent on rough or - Use on is straight
dimensions uneven stable and locking
during surfaces. surfaces to mechanism
cutting or - Requires avoid is
shaping regular slipping. functional.
adjustment - Keep - Store
. sharp safely.
points
covered.
Pencil - General - Marks can - Use only Ensure the
marking on smudge or appropriate tip is
various erase pressure to sharpened.
surfaces. easily. avoid - Check for
- Drawing - Not breakage. clean
guidelines effective - Avoid erasure if
or rough on glossy using dull necessary.
layouts. or wet tips for - Keep in a
surfaces. precise dry place
- Limited work. to avoid
durability - Handle warping or
under sharp breakage.
heavy use. objects
safely.

China Marking on - Marks can - Handle - Ensure

Graph non-porous be with care the pencil
Pencil surfaces challenging as the wax is intact
like glass, to erase. core can without
ceramics, - Not break cracks.
and metal. suitable for easily. - Test on
- Ideal for highly - Avoid the
wet or oily detailed excessive intended
conditions. work. force while surface
- Limited to marking. before use.
certain - Keep - Store in a
surfaces. away from cool, dry
heat place.
sources.
Scriber - Marking - Limited to - Keep the - Inspect
precise hard tip covered the tip for
lines or materials. when not in sharpness
points on - Requires use. and
metal, careful - Avoid integrity.
plastic, or handling to excessive - Ensure no
ceramics. avoid force to rust or
- Used for damaging prevent damage.
layout in soft damaging - Store in a
machining surfaces. surfaces. protective
 or - Marks - Wear cover or
metalwork. cannot be gloves to case.
easily prevent
removed. injury from
the sharp
tip.

Cutting tools

Tools Usage Limitations Safety checklist

precaution
s
Hand Saw - Cutting Limited to - Use a - Check for
wood and manual steady grip blade
soft operation. to avoid straightnes
materials in - Not slipping. s.
straight or suitable for - Keep the - Ensure
angled very thick blade handle is
cuts. or hard sharp and secure and
- Ideal for materials. free of rust. comfortabl
general - Requires - Wear e.
woodworkin significant gloves to - Clean and
g tasks. effort for protect store in a
extended hands. dry place.
use.

Hack saw - Cutting - Limited to -Ensure the - Inspect

metal, thin blade is blade
plastic, or materials. tightly tension and
small - Requires secured in sharpness.
wooden frequent the frame. - Verify the
pieces. blade - Use frame is
- Suitable replaceme protective stable.
for precise nt for eyewear. - Store with
 cuts in heavy use. - Avoid the blade
pipes and - Not ideal excessive cover to
rods. for long force to prevent
cuts or prevent accidents.
large blade
surfaces. breakage.
Coping - Cutting - Limited to - Avoid - Check
Saw intricate small and excessive blade for
shapes and delicate pressure to sharpness
curves in tasks. prevent and
wood, - Not blade tension.
plastic, or suitable for snapping. - Ensure
thin metal. thick or - Use in a the handle
- Commonly hard controlled is secure.
used in materials. manner for - Clean the
crafting and - Blade can intricate saw and
decorative easily snap cuts. store it
woodworkin under - Ensure safely.
g. excessive secure
force. blade
tension.
Machine - High- - Requires - Wear - Inspect
Saw speed power protective blade
cutting of (electricity eyewear sharpness
wood, or and and
metal, pneumatic) hearing alignment.
plastic, or . protection. - Check for
other - Limited - Ensure functional
materials. mobility guards and safety
- Includes depending safety guards.
types like on the mechanism - Ensure
bandsaw, type. s are in the
table saw, - Not place. machine is
and suitable for - Keep clean and
reciprocat intricate or hands clear lubricated.
ing saw. highly of the - Test for
detailed blade. secure
cuts. - Avoid mounting.
loose
clothing.

Chisel - Cutting, - Limited to - Wear - Inspect

carving, manual gloves and for
and use. safety sharpness
shaping - Requires goggles. and edge
wood, physical - Use a integrity.
stone, or effort. stable work - Check
metal. - Not surface. handle for
- Used with effective - Always cracks or
a mallet for for cutting strike the damage.
detailed large or chisel with - Keep the
shaping very hard a mallet, blade clean
and materials not your and oiled.
finishing. without risk hand. - Store in a
of damage. - Keep the sheath or
edge sharp protective
and case.
protected.
 Joining tools
Tools Usage Limitations Safety Checklist
precautions
Claw Driving Not Ensure the Check the
Hammer nails into suitable for claw is handle for
wood and heavy-duty sharp for cracks or
removing tasks like easy nail looseness.
nails using demolition. removal. Ensure the
the claw. Hold the claw is
handle undamage
firmly to d.
avoid
slipping.
Ball Peen Shaping Not ideal Wear safety Ensure the
Hammer metal, for goggles to head and
riveting, woodwork protect handle are
and or nail from metal tightly
working removal. shards. fitted.
with Inspect for Keep clean
chisels. a secure and free of
head before oil or
use. grease.
Common General General Hold nails Check for
Nails constructio constructio steady rust or
n and n and while deformities
framing. framing. hammering. .
Ensure Choose the
proper right size
alignment and
to avoid material
bending. for the job.
Philp Driving or Limited to Ensure the Verify tip
removing Phillips tip fits alignment
Phillips screws. snugly into and
screws in Can strip the screw sharpness.
constructio screws if head. Choose the
n and excessive Avoid correct size
general force is overtighteni for the
assembly. applied. ng to screw
prevent being
stripping. worked on.
Flathead Driving or Not Align the Inspect the
Screwdrive removing compatible blade blade for
r flathead with correctly wear or
screws in Phillips or with the damage.
woodworki specialty screw slot Ensure the
ng or screws. to avoid handle is
general Can slip slipping. comfortabl
assembly. out of the Use e and
slot easily appropriate secure.
if force to
misaligned. prevent tool
damage.