SMAW BASIC TOOLS AND

EQUIPMENT
SWAW 1 – GRADE 8
OBJECTIVES: You be able to:
• Identify the SMAW basic tools and equipment;
• Analyze the uses of SMAW tools and equipment;
• Evaluate how these uses affect daily life.
How this
armchair
made?
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4 types of Hand Tools:
• Measuring Tools
• Cutting Tools
• Holding Tools
• Driving Tools
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MEASURING TOOLS
1. Pull-push rule
• Flexible rule
• 1/2inch wide
• 72 inches long
• Can also measure curved
& irregular surfaces
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MEASURING TOOLS
2. Steel tape
• Flexible rule
• 3/8 inch wide
• 25 to 100 feet
(300 to 1200 inches)
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MEASURING TOOLS
3.Steel rule
• Most common tool
• 1/8 inch thick
• ¾ inch wide
• 6 to 12 inches long
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MEASURING TOOLS
4. Try square
• Instrument used to
measure the square
of an object
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CUTTING TOOLS
1. Hacksaw
• To cuts metals like,
plates, pipes, rods,
bars
• Also cuts plastics
• PARTS: Handle,
blades, screw and
nuts
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CUTTING TOOLS
1A. PARTS of Hacksaw
FRAME: main body of
the hacksaw which
holds the blade

2 types:
SOLID and ADJUSTABLE
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CUTTING TOOLS
1A. PARTS of Hacksaw

FIXED or SOLID FRAME

are intended to hold only
one size of blade at about 10
inches long
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CUTTING TOOLS
1A. PARTS of Hacksaw
ADJUSTABLE FRAME
can be adjusted to
hold blades of
different sizes
such as 10, 12 and 14
inches in length.
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CUTTING TOOLS
1A. PARTS of Hacksaw
BLADE: made of thin and
high graded steel

2 types:
ALL HARD and FLEXIBLE
BACK
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CUTTING TOOLS
1A. PARTS of Hacksaw
ALL HARD Blade
• Entire blade is
hardened and
tampered
• Very brittle
• Cutting cast iron
and steel
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CUTTING TOOLS
1A. PARTS of Hacksaw
FLEXIBLE Blade
• Only the teeth
is hardened and
tampered
• Less likely to
break
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CUTTING TOOLS
2. FILES
• High grade steel
• Hardened and
tempered
• Smoothing rough edges
• Differ in length, shape,
cut and coarseness
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CUTTING TOOLS
2A. TYPES of FILES
MILL FILE
• for filing and
finishing
brass and
bronze.
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CUTTING TOOLS
2A. TYPES of FILES

FLAT FILE
• Rectangular in
shape
• Most commonly
used
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CUTTING TOOLS
2A. TYPES of FILES

SQUARE FILE
• filing square or
rectangular
holes.
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CUTTING TOOLS
2A. TYPES of FILES

ROUND FILE
• primarily for
enlarging
holes.
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CUTTING TOOLS
2A. TYPES of FILES

HALF-ROUND FILE
• filing curved or
concave
surfaces.
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CUTTING TOOLS
2A. TYPES of FILES
TRIANGULAR FILE
• filing surfaces that
meet at least 90º.
• exclusively used for
sharpening wood saws
and for smoothening
rectangular opening.
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DRIVING TOOLS
BALL PEEN HAMMER
• straightening bending
and deforming metals
• Flat – striking and
punching
• Peen – bending and
shaping
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DRIVING TOOLS
CHIPPING HAMMER
• Removing slag on
weld
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DRIVING TOOLS
WRENCH
Loosening and
tightening nuts and
bolts
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DRIVING TOOLS
ADJUSTABLE WRENCH
• Movable jaw which
makes it adjustable
to various sizes of
nuts.
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DRIVING TOOLS
PIPE WRENCH
• Heavy type of
adjustable wrench
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DRIVING TOOLS
SINGLE AND DOUBLE-
ENDED WRENCH
• Made to fit one nut or
bolt.
• Inexpensive
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DRIVING TOOLS
CLOSED-END WRENCH
• Entirely encloses a
nut
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DRIVING TOOLS
SCREWDRIVER
• Designed to turn
screws
• Flattened end to fit
slots in heads of
screws on bolts.
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DRIVING TOOLS
TYPES of SCREWDRIVER HEADS
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HOLDING TOOLS
CLAMPS
• Made of different
sizes and
appearance
• Hold work securely
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HOLDING TOOLS
TOOL MAKER CLAMPS
• Holds small part both
at the bench and at
the machine
• Parallel clamps
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HOLDING TOOLS
C-CLAMPS
• all-purpose
clamp that is
generally used
for all kinds of
work.
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HOLDING TOOLS
DRILL VISE
• Sturdy steel
vise with
movable jaw
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HOLDING TOOLS
PLIERS
• are used for
holding,
cutting and
twisting wires
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HOLDING TOOLS

COMBINATION
PLIERS
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HOLDING TOOLS

SIDE CUTTING
PLIERS
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HOLDING TOOLS

LONG NOSE
PLIERS
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HOLDING TOOLS

SLIP JOINT
PLIERS/
MECHANICAL
PLIERS
1. A type of measuring tool. The
tape is 3/8 inch wide and
available in lengths from 25 to
100 feet.
 2. It is a type of measuring tool.
It is made of tampered steel
about 1/8 inch thick and ¾ inch
wide and 6 to 12 inches long.
 3. It is a part of a Hacksaw. The
entire blade of this cutting tool is
hardened and tempered. What is
this?
 4. This type of FILE intended for
filing square or rectangular holes.
 5. This type of FILE is used
primarily for enlarging holes.
6 to 7. Write the 2 types of
HAMMER.
8 to 10. Write 3 types of
SCREDRIVER HEADS.
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11. The
name of
this tool is
________?
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12. The name of

this tool is
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13. The name of

this tool is
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14. The name of

this tool is
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