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MARKING OUT TOOLS, MEASURING TOOLS, AND GAUGE
CONTENT
- Marking Out Tools
- Measuring Tools and Gauge
Marking Out Tools
These are hand tools used for marking out the required shapes of a particular metal from the sheet metal before cutting in the metal workshop. Examples are:
(i) Surface plate
This is used for checking the alignment and flatness of the object.
(ii) Surface table
This is used for marking out large objects, for checking accuracy, for height alignment and checking parallelism.
(iii) Scriber
This is used for marking out straight lines on metals in conjunction with other marking out tools.
(iv) Centre punch
This is used to locate the centre of a hole to be drilled.
(v) Dot punch
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Halima Ahmadu
Melvyn Chukwu
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