Carpentry And Joinery (Paper 2) May/June 2015

Question 2

  1. List one tool used for sharpening the cutting edge of each of the following:

    1. saw teeth;
    2. gouge;
    3. plane blade;
    4. drill bit.

 

Observation

Few candidates were able to list tools for sharpening plane blade and saw teeth. However majority of them failed to list the tools used for sharpening gouge and drill bit.
The expected response to question 2 is as given below:

  1. saw teeth          -           triangular files;
  2. gauge            -           slipstone;
  3. plane blade        -           grinding wheel, oilstone;
  4. drill bit            -           triangular files.