Cutting, chiselling and routing
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Other tools use a wide flat blade with a sharp edge to do the cutting. These include knives and chisels.
A router is in between, with a small circular router bit that has a rotating cutting action.
Set out below are the main types of saws, chisels and routers you'll come across in your kitchen and bathroom work.
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Chisels and knives
Firmer chisel
For general purpose use, suitable for tapping with a hammer or mallet.
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Also for general work, but better for getting into corners because of the bevelled edges.
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For chopping mortises (recesses) with a mallet and levering out material.
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For 'paring' back the surface of timber and panel products by hand.
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For trimming melamine edges, glue lines and general cutting work.
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For cutting slots in the edges of material to be joined with 'biscuits'.
Learning activity
Audio 16 (mp3 |6|KB)We've said above that a router is designed to cut grooves and rebates. What's the difference between a groove and a rebate?
Go to you workbook and do a simple line drawing of each one. Put a label under each drawing.
We've also said that a biscuit joiner is used to cut slots (known as 'mouths') in the corresponding edges of two pieces of material that are to be joined together.
Do you know what a biscuit looks like? Draw one in your workbook and label it. If you haven't seen one before, ask your trainer for more information, or look it up on the web.
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