Furniture Making 2, WASSCE (SC), 2017

Question 1

 

Name the appropriate hand tools used for the following wood working operations:

(a)        testing square edge;               
(b)        testing straightness.

Observation

 

Candidates were expected to mention the appropriate hand tools used for testing square edge and straightness.

Most of the candidates listed pencil which is wrong but a few answered the question correctly.

The solution is stated below:

(a)

- Try-square
- Combination square
-  Try and mitre square

(b)  

- Winding stick
- Straight edge