With wood cut-
ting blade fitted they are useful for cutting across floorboards and skirting
boards any other application where padsaw would used. Silicon carbide discs are suitable for cutting slate,
marble, tiles, brick and concrete, and aluminium oxide discs for cutting
iron and steel such conduit and trucking.
Jigsaws can fitted with wood metal cutting blades.
Cordless electric drills are also available which incorporate rechargeable
battery, usually the handle.
Hammer drills give between two and three thousand impacts per minute
and are used for drilling concrete walls and floors.5. Many construction sites now insist low voltage battery tools
being used which can further increase safety without any loss produc-
tivity.
FIGURE 7.. With a
metal cutting blade fitted, they may used cut trunking.
When lot trunking work undertaken, electric nibbler a
worthwhile investment. Wire brushes are made which into
the drill chuck for cleaning the metal. They offer the convenience electric drill-
ing when electrical supply not available extension cable is
impractical. Some useful electrical tools are shown Fig. 7.
Angle grinders are useful for cutting chases brick concrete.
. Variable-speed electric drills, which
incorporate vibrator, will also drill brick and concrete easily wood
when fitted with masonry drill bit.Tools and equipment used for electrotechnical applications
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in good condition and appropriate for the purpose for which they are
used.
Safety First
Power Tools
Many construction sites now only
allow
● Low voltage tools
● PAT tested tools
● battery powered tools.5
Electrical hand tools.
Electric drills are probably used most frequently all electrical tools. This nibbles out the sheet metal, easily control-
lable and one alternative the jigsaw. They
may used drill metal wood. The discs
are interchangeable
