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Please Note:  Students must supply their own personal protective equipment, including safety glasses, work boots, hearing protection and gloves. For the classroom, students will need a notebook, pens and a ruler.

Hand and Power Tools supplied by ISBA:

  • Tape measure (1”x 25’/50’)
  • Metal Ruler (12”)
  • Rafter Square
  • Combination Square
  • T Bevel
  • Level (2’/4’)
  • Carpenter Pencils
  • Chalk line (extra chalk)
  • Ink line
  • Utility Knife
  • Handsaw (24”) cross cut
  • Framing chisels (set of 3 – 1”, 1 ½”, 2”)
  • Wood mallet 24
  • Hammer 16 oz claw
  • Hard hat
  • Carpenter's belt or apron
  • Bar Clamps (18’ and 24”)
  • Jointer Planes
  • Rabbit Planes
  • 3” slick
  • Japanese Water Stones and Guides
  • 20 lb beetles (mallet)
  • 3/8” and ½” electric drills
  • 7 ¼” worm drive, 10 ¼”, 14” and 16”  circular saws
  • Beam Saws (Prazzi/Linear Link)
  • ½” Routers (2HP)
  • Power Planers 6in. and 12in.
  • Curved Base Planers
  • Mortising Machines
  • Jigsaw
  • Transit
  • Angle Grinder 4” and 7”
Tools