An instrument with an unusual name miter box is probably not familiar to everyone. People involved in the installation of interior doors are very familiar with him. The fact is that the miter box is a special device for sawing off wooden products and parts at various angles (usually 90 and 45 degrees). Of course, metal parts can also be sawn off in the miter box, but we do not recommend it, you can damage the fixture. As you already understood, the miter box is always used together with a hacksaw, which is used for sawing parts.
Types of miter box
In modern hardware stores you can find a wide variety of types of this tool, quite different in their characteristics and price.
This article is devoted to such a seemingly simple tool as an awl. If anyone does not know this tool is designed to pierce holes of small diameter in dense sheet materials. These are usually materials such as leather, leatherette, plastic, etc. Previously, it was a tool for tailors and shoemakers, as holes were pierced for a needle and thread, with which products were sewn together.
Now, of course, shoes are not sewn like that, but the awl is still popular. True, now professionally they are more used by people associated with office work - they sew things. But in everyday life, this tool is also sometimes very necessary. It is in demand when piercing thick fabric, paper and cardboard, and when repairing it is very convenient for them to apply marks on wood and plastic, as well as on metal.
This tool is designed for processing various surfaces in the process of construction and repair. Structurally, the body of the brush is made of wood, and the working part is made of thin steel wire. The bristles of this tool are arranged in four or five rows. Moreover, each bristle consists of several wires to increase the cultivated area. The wire used in the manufacture of the brush is very similar to the so-called "steel". It has very good rigidity, thanks to which the tips of the bristles do not bend for a long time during operation.
The handles of some modern brushes of this design are made of plastic, but we recommend the classic wooden version.
With the help of a brush with steel wire bristles in construction and repair, a very wide range of work is performed. First of all, this is the cleaning of metal surfaces from old paint and rust. Of course for these
The caliper is a special measuring tool for both linear external measurements of small parts and holes in them. With the help of a caliper it is very easy to measure the diameter of round products.
Structurally, the caliper is a metal ruler on which there is a measuring scale, with stops at one end (in order to measure the internal dimensions) - upper jaws and internal jaws - they are used to measure external dimensions. Also, on the basis of a caliper, there is a special slider with an emphasis and a pin - a depth gauge. The slider also has a scale called a vernier. An additional vernier scale is designed for measuring accuracy.
In the process of laying ceramic tiles on the floor or walls, sooner or later it becomes necessary to cut off a piece of the tile, since the whole one does not fit. It is very difficult to make it so that an even cut is obtained, for example, using an angle grinder (grinder) or a glass cutter. Even with extensive experience, chips and notches along the edge of the cut are not ruled out. For these purposes, a special tool was invented - a tile cutter, in particular, manual tile cutters are used for small amounts of work at home. If you have to tile large areas, it is better to choose a professional electric tile cutter.
Structurally, a manual tile cutter consists of several parts: a platform (base), a carriage with a handle, paws for breaking, a cutting roller and guides with supports. Also on the tile cutter can be a goniometer. The platform is the supporting base of the entire tool and the rest of the structure is fixed on it. The carriage, paws and roller cut the material and break the tiles. Roller is made of high strength steel
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