M A S O N R Y
TO O L S
maam j a n e
MASONRY TOOLS
Appropriate tools are adopted in masonry to suit
the kind of work involved.
It also includes some carpenter tools such as the
measuring tools, testing tools,
Roughing up tools
Roughing up tools are those
tools necessary in the process of
preparing, arranging, forming,
laying, and shaping of bricks,
stones, and masonry blocks.
Tools of
this type of work are mostly
striking tools such as:
1. Masons Axe
. The ace to serve as a chisel and the hammer for driving nails and other rough work in masonry.
Brick Hammer • is another type of combination hammer used for dressing and cutting bricks,
stones, concrete blocks plus other driving operations.
2. Patent Hammer
. a hammer for dressing stone, having a head with
two faces formed of a number of broad, thin chisels
bolted side by side.
r i c k H a m m e r
3. B n d c h i p a w a y a n y
k s c l e a n ly a
to split bric o w n a s a
o f s t o n e . A l s o k n
small pie ce s
e s s e n t ia l to o l fo r
e r, it is a n
scutch hamm t a n d t h e
n d s c a p i n g p r o j e c
any hard l a
a n a l s o b e u s e d t o
th e h e a d c
chisel side of l d b r ic k s ,
a y c e m e n t f r o m o
scrape aw d .
to b e r e u s e
enabling them
4. Crandall
Hand tool of a stonecutter to hammer away the irregularities on a
hard stone face. It is composed of a number of pointed irons, held
together in a bracket with a locking wedge. The handle can be wood
or metal.
5. Cross Pen Hammer
A straight pein is a "blade" that is parallel to the handle. The
straight pein can be sharp, rounded, flat, smooth or textured.
A straight pein hammer can be used in metal work, stone
work, blacksmithing or woodworking. A staight pein is
parallel to the handle.
6. Cold or Hammer Chisel
Cold chiselers,
like blacksmiths,
use hammers to
hit the chisel and
drive it into the
hard material
7. Star Drill
STAR DRILLS ARE the forerunners of today's electric masonry drill bits. They are
designed to create holes in masonry, brick, stone, and concrete. Star Drills are for
hand use only. They are not to be used in power drilling equipment.
8. Bolster
used to help break
through hard materials
by hand such as stone,
brick and metal. They
have a handle and
strong bevelled edge
blade that will cut
through material with
the help of a hammer or
mallet.
9. Wrecking Baron
A burke bar can be a highly
useful tool in the right hands,
with this all-purpose lever used
for prying, pulling and other
demolition applications.
2. Surface Finishing Tools
Classifications Trowels
Different Kinds of Trowel
1. Ordinary Trowel
2. Pointing Trowel
3. Brick Trowel
4. Buttering Trowel
5. Edger
6. Margin Trowel
1. Ordinary Trowel-flat hand tools used
for applying, spreading, and mortar to
produce a relatively smooth finish on
concrete surfaces in the final stages of
finishing.
2.Pointing Trowel-for getting close to the
brickwork and adding the finish properly.
3.Brick Trowel -spreading mortar on
bricks or concrete blocks with a technique
called "buttering".
4. Buttering Trowel-to spread a layer of
mortar or plaster on a surface.
5. Edger- a long, thin tool used to clean
up the edge of a concrete slab. It creates a
smooth edge along the top of newly
placed concrete.
6, Margin Trowelflat-nosed trowel used
to work mortar in tight spaces and corners
where a larger pointed trowel will not fit.
Th a n k
you
