Masonry Tools
What is a Brickmason's Trowel
A second style of convex jointer which is used for longer bed joints. It produces straighter more uniform appearing joints.
What is a Sled Runner?
What is an electronic level?
A tool used to align each course straight when building walls. This tool is made of either nylon or polypropylene. Three separate strands are twisted or braided to form this tool.
What is a Mason's line?
This tool is used to cut a round hole in masonry materials.
What is a star chisel or star drill?
Name one of the three patterns of trowel blades
What is London, narrow London, or Philadelphia
What is a mason's level?
A tool, if suspended from a string, will create a plumb line.
What is a plumb bob?
Name one item that is used to attach or position the Mason's line.
What is a line block, line pin, adjustable line stretcher, or line twig?
Name a tool that is used for filling mortar joints.
What is a pointing trowel?
A tool that is used for breaking and trimming masonry units.
What is a Mason's Hammer
A tool that has a raised bit, either square or round, in the center in order to create a recessed groove in the middle of mortar.
What is a Grapevine Jointer
This tool is used for measuring and course spacing masonry walls.
What is a folding rule?
This tool is used for breaking and trimming masonry units.
What is a chisel?
This tool has a rectangular shaped blade and is used to place or remove mortar in small places where the mason's trowel is too big.
What is a Margin Trowel or a duckbill?
A concrete masonry tool used to finish the joints on brick and block work.
What is a jointer?
A tool that has a glass or acrylic sealed tube partially filled with alcohol, oil, or other liquids not susceptible to freezing. Partially filling the tube leaves air an air bubble and confirms when the air bubble is centered in the vials.
What is Spirit Levels?
A level with only one straight vial in each window is referred to as what?
What is a monovial level?
This tool is used for removing mortar joints.
What is a Plugging Chisel or Tuckpointer's Chisel?
This tool is used to compact mortar into joints.
What is a tuckpointer?
Name the type of jointer that creates a concave joint.
What is a Convex Jointer
Name a tool that removes rather than compressing the mortar.
What is a Joint Raker?
The course spacing on a Mason's rules are called?
What are scales?
This tool is designed for cutting brick, block, and stone.
What is a mason's chisel.
This tool is used to smooth concrete surfaces and to apply cement or mortar plaster to the faces of masonry walls.
What is a finishing trowel?