Tree accessible to everyone. It is very easy to process material, from which you can create almost anything — from garden benches to highly artistic murals or carved portrait. But for a full treatment of wood one desire is not enough. You need the appropriate tools to master those, too, can almost every Amateur to work with his hands.
Principal tools for wood
To facilitate working with wood the human mind has created many different tools that can be classified according to different criteria. Tools for working wood most conveniently subdivided into types by such parameters:
• hand tools;
• power tools portable;
• woodworkers.
To the actual hand tools include an axe, saw, hammer and hand drill or brace, which should be in the Arsenal of every master. They need to add a planer, a jointer, square, measuring tape.
For a more subtle surface treatment, it is necessary to have a set sanding paper, varnish and a brush. Sealing of edges, grooves, various kinds of compounds is performed using a set of chisels. Here almost the entire list of tools needed to start.
Tools with electric drive
In the process Hobbies wood working, invariably the number of tasks, which with the above set of tools to solve it. For more complex and productive work are the power tools on wood. Their list is so great that here we restrict ourselves to only the most necessary.
Jigsaws. Despite the name, this high-grade saw that can cut boards and beams up to a thickness of 8-10 cm At the same time, this tool is suitable for figure carving from plywood or thin boards, cutting of drywall and thin metal sheets. A set of replacement files makes this tool versatile. However, he was fit for work with small volumes of material.
The hand — held circular saw- the tool more powerful, designed for cutting a large volume of boards or beams in the longitudinal or transverse direction. Some models combine a saw and a jointer. But it is much better to purchase separate circular saw and jointer. To work with it in the same performance much easier.
The average power drill, preferably with reverse, but without the percussive mechanism. When working with wood it is not needed. The drill should be selected so that it can be operated with one hand. This is very important when working with small parts and on top. Sooner or later they will have to do something standing on the stairs. Then especially felt all the charm of a well-balanced drill.
Manual milling is needed when performing complex operations, for example, when handwritten the manufacture of furniture, window frames, stairs. Using them is easy, but when you work with wood you are a beginner and have mastered the more simple tools.
For surface finish is absolutely necessary grinder. It is desirable to have the two — tape and the corner. They efficiently handle different types of surfaces. Corner the car is good when used in tight spaces and on the embossed surface and the tape is easier to apply on large flat areas.
What is important to consider when selecting power tools
When buying power tools it is very important to pay attention to some important parameters:
• never buy the cheapest tools and the most expensive;
• do not buy the most powerful mechanisms;
• follow the advice of trusted people and not the recommendations of the sellers;
• don't believe the hype.
These points need some explanation. The cheap tool will fail at the most inopportune moment. When buying the most expensive tools you overpay 30 percent for the brand, not the quality of the product. The most powerful machines, usually the most severe. To work they can be, but a very short time. The best from a list of suggestions immediately reject low-powered and too powerful, staying in the middle of the list.