Republic of the Philippines

DEPARTMENT OF EDCUATION

Cabinet and Furniture Making 8

Quarter 4 - Module 1
Identify Tools and Materials for
Cabinet and Furniture Making

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 SDO TAGUIG AND PATEROS
Introductory Message

For the facilitator:

This module was collaboratively designed, developed, and evaluated by the Development
and Quality Assurance Teams of SDO TAPAT to assist you in helping the learners meet
the standards set by the K to 12 Curriculum while overcoming their personal, social,
and economic constraints in schooling.
As a facilitator, you are expected to orient the learners on how to use this module. You
also need to keep track of the learners' progress while allowing them to manage their
own learning. Furthermore, you are expected to encourage and assist the learners as
they do the tasks included in the module.

For the learner:

This module was designed to provide you with fun and meaningful opportunities for
guided and independent learning at your own pace and time. You will be enabled to
process the contents of the learning resource while being an active learner.

The following are some reminders in using this module:

1. Use the module with care. Do not put unnecessary mark/s on any part of the module. Use a
separate sheet of paper in answering the exercises.
2. Do not forget to answer Let’s Try before moving on to the other activities included in the module.
3. Read the instructions carefully before doing each task.
4. Observe honesty and integrity in doing the tasks and checking your answers.
5. Finish the task at hand before proceeding to the next.
6. Return this module to your teacher/facilitator once you are through with it.

If you encounter any difficulty in answering the tasks in this module, do not hesitate to
consult your teacher or facilitator. Always bear in mind that you are not alone. We hope
that through this material, you will experience meaningful learning and gain deep
understanding of the relevant competencies. You can do it!

This module was prepared and written to help you achieve the required competency in
designing and taking body measurements for children’s wear. This will be the source of
information for you to acquire knowledge and skills in this craft, with minimum
supervision or help from your teacher. With the aid of this material, you will acquire the
competency independently and at your own pace.

WEEK 1
● Learning Outcome 1 – Identify materials and Tools for a Task.

After going through this module, you are expected to:

1.1 Describe tools and materials used in cabinet and furniture making
1.2 Prepare tools and materials for a task

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 LESSON 1

LO1: Identify Materials and Tools in Cabinet Making

1.1 Describe tools and materials used in cabinet making

1.2 Prepare tools and materials for a task

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INTRODUCTION:

Cabinet making is one of the satisfying craft especially when it is done. When all work and
toil come together, the excitement of woodworking art is rewarding. To experience this
excitement, you’ll need to have a degree of control over your work and your tools, command a
working knowledge of your materials, and understand some basic design principles. Unlike most
other crafts, furniture making and cabinetmaking demand vast knowledge—and attentiveness.
You must know what tools and techniques to use and how to arrange the correct sequence, or
order, of events when using them.

DEFINITION OF TERMS

Bill – a statement of payment due to goods and services

Damage – a destruction, injury, or harm to a person or thing

Job – a piece of work of a definite extent or character for a set of fee

Material – a stuff upon which a thing is made

Quantity – a number, amount in size

Requisition – act of requiring something to be furnished; a written request for something

authorized but not made available automatically

Tool – a simple implement, as a hammer, saw, and spade chisel etc. used in work

Work – something made or accomplished

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 LET’S RECALL

1. Object used as parts or components of projects.

A. Tools C. Equipment
B. Materials D. Hardware

2. Implements manipulated by the hand to facilitate cabinet/furniture making.

A. Tools C. Equipment
B. Materials D. Hardware

LET’S EXPLORE

DIRECTIONS: Draw and name three (3) familiar cabinet tools in your house.

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 LET’S ELABORATE

Whether you’re a novice woodworker or a professional cabinetmaker, you’ll appreciate

having the proper tools for cabinetmaking. The right tools make the difference between

efficient projects with tight joinery and sloppy jobs where nothing fits or aligns. Investing

in the best tools brings a return that’s hard to beat.

Some tools for cabinetmaking are complex and expensive. They’re difficult to afford and

master but, once learned, they make the work much faster and more accurate. Other

cabinetmaking tools are smaller and simpler. They require far less cash output to

acquire. However, there are certain tools you need to make your own cabinets. Here’s a

rundown on must-have cabinetmaking tools.

TOOLS AND ITS USES MAKING CABINET

1. Clamp - It holds materials in place while you’re measuring, cutting, joining

and fastening your work.

C-Clamps: These are the oldest

mechanical clamp design. It is been
around for hundreds of years. C-
clamps have simple steel frames
with an open throat controlled by a
screw jaw. This comes in a huge size
range and various throat depths.

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Pipe Clamps: It looks just like their
name — a typical iron pipe with one
fixed jaw and an adjustable clamp
face. Sizes range from short to as
long as you can find a rigid metal
pipe.

Bar Clamps: These irreplaceable

cabinetmaking clamps use a metal
bar frame instead of pipe. They
combine the strength of a pipe
clamp with the depth of a C-clamp.
Many shops have a dozen or more
bar clamps on hand.

Band Clamps: If you’re assembling

large structures like cabinet boxes,
band clamps make it easy to wrap
and secure your work. Band clamps
have malleable fabric straps and
ratcheting clamp controls that allow
you to carefully squeeze
components.

Specialized Clamps: Cabinetmaking

often requires specialized clamps.
Two common and irreplaceable
specialized clamps are the 3-way
face clamp and the flush-and-flat
face clamp. Both make tricky joints
easier.

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2. Table saws are a woodworking shop’s heart. Modern table saws have

excellent safety devices in guards, guides, adjustments and controls.

Cabinetmaking Table Saws: accept

blade diameters from 7.5 inches to

12 inches and handle large pieces

like 4-foot by 8-foot plywood sheets.

Contractor Table Saws: These are

medium-duty machines that many
cabinet makers regularly use. It is
portable, whereas cabinetmaking
table saws stay fixed in the shop.

Benchtop Table Saws: might be

small and compact, but they’re
extremely handy for cabinetmaking
work. It is portable tools that make
great resources when cutting small
material on installation sites. Most
benchtop table saws use 7.5-inch or
10-inch diameter blades.

3. Miter saw - it operated by bringing a spinning blade down onto fixed materials.

Standard Miter Saws: These tools

have a fixed swing arm that adjusts
from 0 to 45 degrees that includes
left and right turns for either angle
on the work face.

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Compound Miter Saws: Compound
saws also make 90- and 45-degree
cuts as well as any angle in between.
But the magic to a compound miter
saw is you can make cross angles on
the work, so each cut has multiple
geometric angles.

Sliding Compound Miter Saws: For

the best variety of cut angles and
work size, sliding compound miter
saws are must-haves. It is sliding
arms let them cut across much wider
stock than fixed arm saws can
handle. With a 12-inch blade, sliding
miter saws cut material up to a foot
wide.

4. Saw Blades - Sharp and precision

saw blades make all the
difference in the world compared
to inferior blades

5. Drilling Jig - help you make

reliable, accurate and repeatable
holes in your woodwork. It serves as
both clamps to secure your work
and guides to make sure you drill
holes in exactly the right location
with the proper angle.

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6. Scribe – let wood or other material
to have clear pattern for cutting,
drilling or other operation. Scribes
are excellent for transferring a
known pattern to a surface destined
to mate with it.

7. Hi-speed Placing Hinge - Placing

hinges on your cabinet doors must
be precise if you want excellent fit
and finish. You can carefully transfer
hinge points and attachment holes
with a shop-made jig or a
commercial scribe. However, those
processes are slow and not always
accurate.

8. Self - Cantering Bits -have

precision-made hard carbon steel
guide barrels with tungsten or
carbide internal bits. The guide
barrels align the bit with a hinge or
fastener hole then line up your bit,
so it makes a perfectly cantered
hole.

9. Kerfs are the cut-out channels left

by a saw blade that’s not set to
completely sever the wood. You
always make kerfs in drawer
construction.

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10. Magnetic drawer slide
mounting tools solve that problem
of needing three or more hands to
hold the slide frame, the
screw and your screw gun.

11. Drawer pull jig multi-position;

pre-set hole locations work and
stand out on your cabinetry face.
Fortunately, there’s an easy fix when
you use a drawer pull jig.

12. Drill sets are absolute must-

haves in all cabinetry making
toolboxes. The trick is having the
right type of drill bit sets and the
right quality. This is no place to
skimp on your investment. You’ll pay
more for good drill bits, but they’re
worth every cent.

13. Hammers and mallets might

seem like brute-force cabinetmaking
tools. Yes, they’re used for force, but
there’s nothing brutal about using
hammers and mallets around fine
cabinetry.

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14. Combination squares are a
blend of square, ruler and level.
They’re adjustable devices that let
you measure, transfer information,
calculate angles and find levels.

MATERIALS FOR CABINET MAKING

Lumber is sawn timber classified as
hardwood or softwood. The term often
refers specifically to the products
derived from logs in a sawmill.

Nail is a small metal spike with a

broadened flat head, driven typically into
wood with a hammer to join things
together or to serve as a peg or hook.

Plywood is made from thin sheets

(veneers) of wood glued together, each
with its grain in perpendicular directions
in alternating layers to improve the
strength and to minimise movement in
the plane of the board.

Screw is a short, slender, sharp-pointed

metal pin with a raised helical thread
running around it and a slotted head, used
to join things together by being rotated so
that it pierces wood or other material and
is held tightly in place.

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 LET’S DIG IN

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4ijHIRaGXc

Guide Questions:

1. What is the video all about?

2. After watching the video what have you learn?
3.

LET’S REMEMBER
DIRECTION: Give the name of the five (5) types of clamp use in cabinet making.
1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

Describes the materials needed to prepare the making of cabinet

1. Plywood

2. Lumber

3. Nail

4. Screw

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 LET’S APPLY

Rubrics

SCORE DESCRIPTIONS
20 Draw artistically and realistic tools and cite its uses.
15 Draw realistic tools and cite its uses.
10 Draw tools and cite its uses.
5 Draw tools and no cite of its uses.

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 LET’S EVALUATE

a. Hammer and mallet

b. Combination square
c. Clamp
d. Scribe
e. Standard Miter
f. Magnetic Drawing Slide
g. Drill set
h. Blades
i. Pull jig

1. These are a blend of square, ruler and level

2. It holds materials in place while you’re measuring, cutting, joining and
fastening your work.
3. Tools solve that problem of needing three or more hands to hold the slide
frame, the screw and your screw gun.
4. Sharp and precision saw blades make all the difference in the world
compared to inferior blades
5. Absolute must-haves in all cabinetry making toolboxes.
6. These tools have a fixed swing arm that adjusts from 0 to 45 degrees that
includes left and right turns for either angle on the work face.
7. let wood or other material to have clear pattern for cutting, drilling or other
operation.

LET’S EXTEND

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 Must have cabinet making tool
https://www.yorksaw.com/14-must-have-cabinetmaking-tools/

Cabinet Making video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4ijHIRaGXc

ONLINE RESOURCES
● https://DepEd.gov.ph//DepEd Commons
● https://www.pinterest.ph

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