Most candidates were able to:
- name the upholstery tools and materials;
- State the market sizes of timber.
However, they were unable to:
- name the given hand tool and its parts;
- state the specific use of the tool.
The expected response to question 2 is as given below:
(a) (i) Upholstery tools – pair of scissors/shears, hammer,
Panel saw, sewing machine, tack hammer, pin, needle, tack
remover, ripping chisel, stalper/staple gun, webbing
stretcher.
(ii) Upholstery materials:
Plywood or hard board, canvas, leather, metal, raffia,
seasgrass, cane, rubberized webbing, jute webbing, tension
spring, no-sag wire spring, rubber diaphragm, fabrics or
textiles, coconut fibre, horse hair, cotton, kapok, foam
plastics, Hessian/urlap, calico or grey baft, hemptwine
webbing tacks, contact adhesive/glue, clip, tapestery, wood,
thread.
(b) (i) Firmer gouge/carving gouge
(ii) W = Ground surface or bevelled surface, Y = Ferrule,
X = Handle, Z = Blade
(iii) Fluting, reeding, grooving, general carving, cleansing
convex curves.
(c) Metric Imperial
- 25 x 300 (1 x 12)
- 50 x 50 (2 x 2)
- 50 x 100 (2 x 4)
- 50 x 300 (2 x 12)
- 37 x 300 (1½ x 12)
- 75 x 100 (3 x 4)
- 100 x 100 (4 x 4)
- 100 x 150 (4 x 6)
- 37 x 150 (1½ x 6)
- 50 x 150 (2 x 6)
- 75 x 150 (3 x 6)