Animation of the Hand Tools used in D&T

Hand Tools

The Hand Tools Animations is a self contained product but it is also part of KS3 Design and Technology and KS4 Design and Resistant Materials Technology software packages.

The hand tools animation consists of:

• planes:
  • jointer plane
  • jack plane
  • smoothing plane
  • bench plane sizes
  • plane parts
  • sharpening angles for plane cutting irons
  • grinding and honing
  • frog angles
  • rebate plane
    • marking out a rebate
    • planing a rebate
  • shoulder plane
  • bull nose plane
• spokeshaves
• wood chisels:
  • firmer chisel 
  • bevel edged chisel
  • mortice chisel
    • using a mortice chisel
  • gouge
• cold chisel
• tinsnips and shears
  • using tinsnips
• saws for wood:
  • tenon saw
  • dovetail saw
  • cross cut saw
  • rip saw
  • coping saw
• hacksaw
• junior hacksaw
• abra file

• hammers and mallets:
  • engineer's ball pein hammer
  • sledge hammer
  • rubber mallet
  • plastic faced hammers
  • soft faced hammers
  • rawhide mallet
  • bossing mallet
  • raising hammer
  • planishing hammer
  • doming hammer
  • cross pein hammer
  • claw hammer
  • woodworker's mallet
• files:
  • description
  • roughness of cut
  • hand file
  • flat file
  • half round file
  • round file
  • square file
  • three square file
  • knife file
  • needle files
  • Swiss wax files
• drills:
  • brace and bit
  • how to use a brace and bit
  • twist drills
  • countersink
    • riveting with countersunk head rivets
  • hand drill / wheel brace
• taps and dies:
  • taps and tap wrench
  • tapping a thread
  • die and diestock
  • cutting an external thread
  • drunken threads.