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

Question 4

 

list a percussion and impelling tool used for each of the following operations:

  1. driving nail heads below the wood surface;
  2. knocking members to fit during assembly;
  3. removing unwanted nails;
  4. driving in screws.


Observation

Most candidates were able to list percussion and impelling tools for the listed operations correctly.
However, few of them were unable to list percussion and impelling tools for the listed operations correctly
The expected response to question 4 is given below:
4.         Percussion and impelling tools used for the following operation;

  1. Driving nail heads below wood surface   -           Nail punch and hammer;
  2. Knocking member to fit for assembly      -           Mallet;
  3. Removing unwanted nails                        -           Pincers/claw
  4.                                                                         hammer/crow bar;

  5. Driving in screws                                     -            Screw drivers, (cabinet screw driver, star screw driver, flat screw driver,  Ratchet driver)