4.1 Plumbing Tools and Equipment

• Tools and equipment for plumbing works
• Safety measures when handling plumbing tools
• Using plumbing tools to cut, form and bend
• Care and maintenance of plumbing tools

• identify tools and equipment for plumbing works
• explain the safety measures to observe when handling plumbing tools and equipment
• use plumbing tools and equipment to perform a given task
• maintain plumbing tools and equipment at the workplace
• appreciate the importance of tools and equipment in plumbing

“How important are tools and equipment in plumbing?”

“Why is it important to care for and maintain plumbing tools and equipment?”

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1. Plumbing tools and equipment
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   The tools and equipment used in plumbing and what each does, the safety measures when handling them, using them to cut, form and bend, and caring for and maintaining them.
2. Identifying plumbing tools
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   A gallery walk of the nine curriculum tools: name each one, group it by job, and match it to a plumbing task.
3. The pipe vice
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   The pipe vice clamps the pipe so cutting, threading and bending stay square and safe. Firm hold, not a crush.
4. The pipe wrench (Stillson)
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   The Stillson grips and turns round pipe. Teeth bite one way. It scars chrome and can crack plastic - use it on GI and similar pipe.
5. The pipe cutter
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   A wheeled pipe cutter scores a square groove around the pipe. Nip a little, turn fully, repeat. Then ream.
6. The reamer and the burr
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   A burr is the sharp ridge left after cutting. The reamer removes the inside burr so the bore is clear and a joint can sit.
7. Files used in plumbing
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   Files smooth and chamfer metal edges. Match the shape to the work, push on the cutting stroke, and never use a file as a pry bar.
8. Die stock (stocks and dies)
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   Stocks and dies cut a screw thread on metal pipe so a fitting can screw on. Match the die, start square, oil, and clear chips.
9. The pipe bender
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   A pipe bender curves pipe to an angle without flattening the bore. Match the former to the size; a kink is a failed bend.
10. Caulking tool and anvil
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    A caulking tool packs a joint. An anvil is the solid face you form metal against. Both belong to joining and forming, not to cutting.
11. Safety with plumbing tools
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    Right tool, firm vice, goggles, mind burrs and hot work. Blunt or wrong tools slip - that is how workshops lose fingers.
12. Cutting pipe: using the tools
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    Perform a square cut: measure, clamp, cut, ream, check. This is the first of the three curriculum tasks - cutting, forming, bending.
13. Forming and threading pipe
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    Form a usable thread with the die stock: prepare the end, oil, start square, clear chips, test with a fitting by hand.
14. Bending pipe: using the tools
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    Perform a supported bend: mark, seat in the former, pull steadily, check the angle and the bore. A kink is recut.
15. Care and maintenance of plumbing tools
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    Clean, dry, oil, sharpen and store. Well-kept tools work, last, stay safer and save money - that is responsibility, and it answers why care matters.