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What are the basic tools of traditional carpenters?

Before the popularization of power tools, there were many light types of woodworking tools, not counting the branches under the categories. I listed some traditional woodworking tools I know (some are not used), only China tools. In fact, as far as I know, there are few traditional woodworking tools still in use or reserved in China, and no improvement has been made, but the hand tools in Europe and America are really complete and improved very well. If you are interested, you can download some foreign woodworking magazines, and you will fall in love with woodworking (pictures are mostly from Taobao, not interested): axe: roughly trimmed and used, woodworking makes armchairs. As far as I know, there are still people who only use axes and grooves to make chairs. But also give consideration to that function of the hammer, which are indispensable; Planter: Planter, sometimes without minor trimming. There are many kinds of planers (except the width of the planer blade). Traditional planer can be divided into rough planer and smooth planer. The former is larger and longer, the smooth planer is shorter and has no grip, and the smooth planer is slightly polished. Blasting/bird planing/word planing (different names), only the size of the handle, used in narrow places or curved surfaces; Line planer, thickness less than 20mm, used in narrow places or wood with small thickness; Angle planer: chamfer evenly and regularly, with guide rail; Grooving machine/planer: used for planing flat grooves. Corresponding to the current power tool, it is a hand-held edger (line planer can also be replaced), which has never been used; Chisel: Because traditional woodworking furniture is tenon-mortise structure, it needs to be slotted and fixed, and it is one of the most commonly used tools. The chisel varies in width, and there are also round chisels for edge treatment and material excavation, which are important tools for traditional carving in China. Common chisel, oblique chisel, fishtail chisel, semicircle chisel, triangular chisel, carved chisel, etc. And the planer is the most classified woodworking tool; Wood saw: I won't let go of cutting down trees. Too domineering. It's just a huge saw blade (400 mm wide) with sticks at both ends. Two men were pulling a saw. When I was a child, I helped to kill several trees with a diameter of 400 mm Traditional wood saw: the appearance has basically not changed, but the fasteners have changed. In the past, a wooden stick in the middle of the rope was twisted into a twist to fix the taut saw blade; Board saw /chuo saw: I'm not sure if this is a China woodworking saw, but it is still a necessary tool for decorating carpenters. Lightweight, smooth front end, high efficiency of left and right sawtooth arrangement, and now the handle is grooved, which is not ergonomic for me to play with; Mo Dou: The picture above is an antique. I almost got one, but I didn't steal it The old carpenter saw through my trick and finally gave me a date plane. I have this in the picture below I lost it when I moved. Actually, it's rough and cracked. Hand drill: The above picture is antique-grade, with no mechanical parts. It relies on a rope to move back and forth. If you have met the manufacturer of the scale, you should have an impression. In my hometown, there is a century-old shop on the wall. I ask people not to sell it. I used the picture below from the 1990s. This is still relatively advanced, and there is also a "one-u-one" model. Gauge setting (I don't know the exact name): to make a scale, just like the principle that modern compasses can be locked, quickly mark a fixed distance. I have never seen carpentry before, but compared with ancient times, there are similar tools, including Fang. Draw lines: I have seen foreign carpenters mark with very sharp thin blades. Compared with those before China, the marks are not very clear, but the accuracy is much better than that of pencils and Mo Dou. Search found that there is something called Japanese scriber, which has the same principle as planer, but has a slideway, which can quickly draw long lines with a blade, and there are single-line and double-line versions; It's dawn, so let's do it first, and then add it slowly, including some things from Japan and Europe and America.