Carpentry And Joinery (Paper 2) WASSCE (SC), 2017

Question 3

 

(a)        list two types of bench plane.
(b)       state the use of a push stick on a circular saw.


Observation

Majority of the candidates were able to list two types of bench plane,
However, few of them were unable to state the use of a push stick on a circular saw.

  The expected response to question 3 is as given below:
3.   (a)  Types of bench plane
-     Block plane;
-     Trying plane;
-     German jack plane;
-     Jack plane;
-     Smoothing plane.

     (b) Purpose of push stick:
-   To push off cuts between the saw blade and the fence
-   To push the end of the work piece to finish the ripping process