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Tools and equipment of the trade
The RSOS appendix list of cabinetmaking tools and equipment, grouped into hand tools, portable pneumatic and power tools, stationary power tools, automated and CNC equipment, shop-made devices, layout tools, metalworking tools and PPE/safety equipment. The list is not exhaustive.
Overview
Appendix B of the Red Seal Occupational Standard gives a non-exhaustive list of the tools and equipment of the cabinetmaking trade, grouped under eight headings. The names below are the English entries from that list; variants given in brackets in the standard are kept in brackets. The standard only names these tools – it does not describe them.
Hand tools
- bench hook
- brushes
- burnisher
- chalk line
- chisels (wood, carving, turning)
- clamps (bar, C)
- doweling jig
- file card
- files (wood, metal, laminate)
- glass cutter
- grease gun
- hammer
- honing stones
- J-roller
- levels
- mallet (rubber, dead blow, wood)
- measuring cup
- mitre trimmer
- moisture meter
- nail sets
- oilcan
- planes (jack, smooth, fore, block, router, rabbet)
- pliers (side cutters, linesman, needle nose)
- pocket screw jig
- pry bar
- putty knife
- sanding block
- saws (back, hack, dovetail, coping, keyhole, hand)
- scraper (cabinet, paint)
- scratch awl
- screwdrivers
- spokeshave
- utility knife
- viscosity cup
- wet mil gauge
- wheel dresser
- wood rasp
- wrenches
Portable pneumatic and power tools
- air compressor
- angle grinder
- biscuit jointer
- drill and bits
- driver and bits
- flush trimmer
- glue gun
- heat gun
- iron
- laminate trimmer
- nail/staple gun (pneumatic, electric, gas-powered)
- power plane
- powder-actuated tools
- router and bits
- sanders (detail, random orbital, belt, palm)
- saws (reciprocating, circular, jig, mitre, table)
- spray system
Stationary power tools and equipment
| air compressor | air dryer | band saw |
| bench grinder | case clamp | clamp rack |
| continuous gluing machine | conveyorized glue applicator | copy grinder |
| curing ovens | double-ended (twin) saw | drawer press |
| drill press | drying system | dust collector |
| gang saw | glue roller | guillotine |
| hinge boring machine | horizontal boring machine | horizontal copying lathe |
| jointer | lift tables | mortising machine |
| moulders | multi-boring machine | multi-spindle shaper |
| overhead pin router | panel saw (horizontal, vertical) | pneumatic press (clamping) |
| postforming machine | press (hot, cold) | profile and moulding sanding machine |
| radial arm saw | scroll saw | shaper |
| spider clamps (clamp carrier) | spray booth | spraying systems |
| table saw | thickness planer | vacuum press |
| veneer saw | veneer splicer | wood lathe |
The list also includes sanders (disc, wide belt, edge belt, spindle, oscillating, stroke).
Automated and CNC equipment
- automatic wide belt sander
- beam saw
- CNC machining center
- case clamp
- copying lathe
- dovetailer
- doweling machine
- edge banding machine
- gang saw
- mortising machine
- multiblade rip saw
- panel stacker
- power feeders
- optimizing saw (computerised)
Shop-manufactured related devices
- arc cutter
- assembling tables
- assembly jigs
- auxiliary fence
- cauls
- centre finders
- cove-cutting fences
- custom benches
- featherboards
- forklift
- locating spacers
- machining jigs
- pallet jack
- push blocks
- push sticks
- roller line
- sanding blocks
- saw horses
- shooting board
- sliding tables
- steam bending box
- straight edge
- templates
Layout tools
- angle finder
- calipers
- chalk line
- combination square
- compasses
- computer software
- contour gauge
- drawing board
- laser level
- manual level
- framing square
- hand calculator
- imperial and metric scale rules
- marking gauge
- measuring tape
- personal computer
- plumb bob
- scratch awl
- set square
- speed square
- spring clamps
- steel square
- straight edges
- stud finder
- sliding T-bevel
- T square
- trammel points
- try square
- writing tools (pencil, marker)
Metalworking tools
- centre punch
- file
- hack saw
- metal shears
Personal protective equipment and safety equipment
- apron
- coveralls
- dust mask
- ear protection
- eye wash station
- face shield
- fire extinguisher
- first aid kit
- fresh air system and hood
- hair net
- head protection
- gloves
- goggles
- respirator
- safety boots
- safety glasses
Source: Red Seal Occupational Standard – Cabinetmaker, Appendix B – Tools and Equipment (pp. 151–156); description of the appendices, p. 6.
Sources cited on this page
- Red Seal Occupational Standard – Cabinetmaker, Canadian Council of Directors of Apprenticeship (CCDA) and Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) (2021 (Cat. No. Em15-3/37-2022E-PDF, ISBN 978-0-660-44580-9)). Where: Appendix B – Tools and Equipment, pp. 151–156; Structure of the standard (description of appendices), p. 6.