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Flashcards by Raffaela Origlia, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Raffaela Origlia
about 8 years ago
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| CONCRETE EDGE TOOL A concrete edger is used to create a flat and straight edges that will help you a get a professional looking concrete project. This will create more durable edges | |
| STEEL FLOAT Floating helps remove imperfections and produces a flatter surface. It also compacts the slab and the mortar at the surface in preparation for later finishing operations. | |
| WOOD FLOAT This creates a rough, fuzzed-up surface that pulls and drags at the surface of the concrete rather than smoothing it. This effect sometimes can be useful, though, especially when working with really stiff concrete or concrete that is setting up too hard. | |
| TROWEL a small handheld tool with a flat, pointed blade, used to apply and spread mortar or plaster. | |
| BULL FLOAT A board of wood, aluminum, or magnesium mounted on a pole and used to spread and smooth freshly placed, horizontal concrete surfaces. | |
| SCREEDING BAR a purpose-made aluminium tool used to smooth and true materials like concrete, | |
| MATTOCK an agricultural tool shaped like a pickaxe, with an adze and a chisel edge as the ends of the head. | |
| SHOVELS a tool resembling a spade with a broad blade and typically upturned sides, used for moving coal, earth, snow, or other material. | |
| SPIRIT LEVEL a device consisting of a sealed glass tube partially filled with alcohol or other liquid, containing an air bubble whose position reveals whether a surface is perfectly level | |
| JACK HAMMER a portable pneumatic hammer or drill. | |
| CONCRETE DRUM MIXER A concrete mixer (often mistakenly called a cement mixer) is a device that homogeneously combines cement, aggregate such as sand or gravel, and water to form concrete. A typical concrete mixer uses a revolving drum to mix the components. | |
| TRANSIT MIXER is a piece of equipment that is used for transporting concrete/ mortar or ready mix material from a concrete batching plant directly to the site where it is to be utilized. | |
| HELICOPTER FLOATS A power trowel (also known as a "power float", "helicopter" or "trowel machine" or "whirlybird") is a piece of light construction equipment used by construction companies and contractors, to apply a smooth finish to concrete slabs. | |
| BOLT CUTTER A bolt cutter, sometimes called bolt cropper, is a tool used for cutting chains, padlocks, bolts and wire mesh. | |
| WHEELBARROW a small cart with a single wheel at the front and two supporting legs and two handles at the rear, used typically for carrying loads in building work or gardening | |
| CLAW HAMMER a hammer with one side of the head split and curved, used for extracting nails. | |
| PINCH BAR use to sometimes having an end adapted for pulling spikes or inserting under a heavy wheel that is to be rolled. | |
| HORSEHAIR BROOM Horsehair is the long, coarse hair growing on the manes and tails of horses. It is used for various purposes, including upholstery, brushes and brooms | |
| GUMBOOTS a long rubber boot | |
| BOBCAT A skid loader, skid-steer loader, or skidsteer, is a small, rigid-frame, engine-powered machine with lift arms used to attach a wide variety of labor-saving tools or attachments. |
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