Hobbies And Interests
C-Clamp
The body of a C-clamp is shaped like a "C" with a long piece that screws through the bottom end. C-clamps are used to hold two pieces of wood together, or a piece of wood to a stabilizing structure, like a piece of plywood on top of a sawhorse. Always use C-clamps with a stabilizing structure when sawing or drilling wood to ensure the wood won't slip and potentially injure you.
Saws
Carpenters use coping saws to cut wood into curved pieces. The cutting portion of the saw is very thin and flexible, allowing you to maneuver the saw through the wood at different angles. When making custom farm toys, coping saws could be used to cut tractor or truck wheels, or farm animal bodies. A crosscut saw is a long, wide piece of metal attached to a handle with several sharp, ragged teeth. Carpenters use crosscut saws to cut across the grain of a piece of wood. You can use crosscut saws to cut portions of many custom farm toys, like tractor bodies or fences.
Hand Drill and Twist Drill Bit
Carpenters use hand drills and twist drill bits to make holes in wood so that the wood is easier to drive screws or hammer nails into. You can use hand drills and twist drill bits to drill holes in the bottom of tractors or trucks so you have a place to attach moving wheels. Electric drills, with drill bits, are also available.
Screwdriver
Screwdrivers come in either flathead and Phillips. Flathead screwdrivers have a flat tip, while Phillips screwdriver tips are pointed and notched. Carpenters use screwdrivers to drive screws into wood so that more than once piece of wood is held together. Use a screwdriver and screws when you want pieces of your custom-made farm toy to hold together securely. According to Bit Grip.com, screws are particularly useful when you know you may want to remove the screw later on and change the design of your custom farm toy.
Claw Hammer
A claw hammer is a normal hammer with one side of the head divided so you can extract nails from wood if you make a mistake. Similar to screwdrivers, carpenters use claw hammers to drive nails into two or more pieces of wood, causing the pieces of wood to adhere to one another. Like a screwdriver and screws, use a hammer and nails when you want to hold pieces of your custom farm toys together securely. Unlike a screwdriver and screws, use a hammer and nails when you want pieces of your custom farm toys to hold together indefinitely.