KNOW YOUR TOOLS Bamboo Tools You Must Get to Know
LOPPING SHEARS LONG HANDLE PRUNING SHEARS Loppers are a type of scissors used for pruning twigs and small branches, like pruning shears with very long handles. Perfect for Pruning Kawayan Tinik or hard to reach branches and twigs.
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PRUNING SHEARS GARDEN SCISSORS Pruning shears, also called hand pruners, are a type of scissors for use on plants. They are strong enough to prune hard branches of trees and shrubs, sometimes up to two centimeters thick.
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PRUNING SAW
A saw that has a usually tapering straight or curved blade and either a closed or an open and sometimes folding handhold and that may or may not be attached to a pole.
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HAND SAW
In woodworking and carpentry, hand saws, also known as "panel saws", are used to cut pieces of wood into different shapes.
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HAND AXE A wood-handled axe is a device that comes in many shapes and sizes but usually consists of an axe head made out of steel that is attached to a wooden handle. It has a range of uses, although it is primarily used to cut down timber or chop up wood
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BAMBOO KNIFE This is perhaps the most important tool in your bamboo carpentry toolbox. It will help you to split, carve and cut your bamboo into the shape that you want for your joints. In Bali, the carpenters use the knife, named “Mutik” in Bahasa Indonesia, to shape Fish Mouth joints, whittle bamboo dowels and widen a chiseled hole. With some practice, this is the tool that you will always go back to when you are working with bamboo.
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BAMBOO SPLITTER CIRCULAR HAND TOOL If you are going to use any part of the bamboo other than a whole pole, you will need to split it. Splitters come in all sizes and with different numbers of blades. These are designed much like a pie cutter with blades radiating out to an outer ring. They can split the bamboo into four, six or eight strips depending on the number of blades they have.
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SPLIT THINNER A manual split thinner is a rotary device to evenly thin our bamboo splits ready to use for application to create "amakan" weaving or wall clads and many more. You will use this for Bamboo Scale models, furniture fabrication, lamination and decorative uses.
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HAMMER OR MALLET
The hammer is useful for applying some force to a tool, like the chisel above, or a joinery element, like a bamboo dowel or pin. The hammer or mallet should have enough weight to it so that you can add a decent amount of strength to your work but it should not limit your ability to shape the bamboo to your design.
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HALFMOON CHISEL Chisels look like a long knife with a very sharp end. The end of the chisel can have different shapes, whether curved or straight. Chisels are used to create holes in the bamboo pole’s surface. They are ideal at making a dowel fit the hole in the bamboo and vice versa. projects.
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C-CLAMPS
A C-clamp or G-clamp or G-cramp is a type of clamp device typically used to hold a wood or metal workpiece, and often used in, but are not limited to, carpentry and welding.
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TABLE SAW Table saws are versatile saws used for cutting across (crosscut) and with (rip) the wood grain. They are most commonly used to rip. After adjusting the height and angle of the blade, the operator pushes the stock into the blade to make the cut. << POWER TOOLS >>
COMPOUND SLIDING MITER SAW Miter saws are primarily used for cutting wood trim and molding, but also can be used to cut metal, masonry, and plastics, provided the appropriate type of blade is used for the material being cut. This will work just like chop saws, but because their blades move back and forth on horizontal rails, they also can slice stock up to 15 inches wide in one stroke.
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CIRCULAR SAW The circular saw is perhaps the most commonly used saw today, used extensively in both professional construction projects and DIY home improvement. This power tool uses a round metal blade edged with sharp teeth to cut an array of materials. << POWER TOOLS >>
THICKNESS PLANER A thickness planer serves three unique purposes that other tools do not: 1) It makes the second face of a board parallel to the other face; 2) It smooths rough stock; and 3) It reduces stock down to the exact thickness you need << POWER TOOLS >>
CORDLESS DRILL Power drills are used for drilling holes and to drive screws. The clutch can be adjusted to consistent drill depth. Since Bamboo cannot be nailed, we use threaded rods or screws. To penetrate Bamboo culms with diameters of up to 12", we need to wels a rod and create an extension. << POWER TOOLS >>
ANGLE GRINDER An angle grinder, also known as a side grinder or disc grinder, is a handheld power tool used for grinding (abrasive cutting) and polishing. Although developed originally as tools for rigid abrasive discs, the availability of an interchangeable power source has encouraged their use with a wide variety of cutters and attachments
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JIGSAW
Jigsaws are best used for cutting shapes and curves in wood with its narrow blade, which is attached to the tool's body by a spring-loaded clamp at the front.
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ELECTRIC PLANER And electric planer: It shaves and shapes wood like a hand plane, a belt sander and a jointer all rolled into one. This article shows you how to get the most out of your power planer. Use it for leveling joists, making stubborn doors close easily and for building projects in your workshop.
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FINISHING SANDER A finishing sander is characterized by a rectangular head that can be fitted with standard sand paper sheets. Sanders are tools for polishing, shaping, or smoothing wood and other surfaces including metal and plastic, most often using an abrasive-covered belt or disk
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ORBITAL SANDER With the vibrations in tiny circles, the random orbital sander is used for ultra-smooth sanding. It can be used on wood, plastic or for metal working. A random orbital sander can be used for various applications from painting jobs to restoring headlight transparency.
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BELT SANDER Belt sanders are multiuse tools. They are commonly used for trimming to a scribed line, sanding very rough surfaces, leveling surfaces (like a replacement board in a hardwood floor) and freehand rounding and shaping. Because they have a lot of power and can handle coarse grits, they excel at the rapid removal of wood.
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KNOW YOUR TOOLS Bamboo Tools You Must Get to Know