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Junior Cycle Engineering: Hand tools, cutting & bending

How often Hand tools, cutting & bending comes up on the Engineering papers, every year it was asked, and questions to try.

CL Asked on 3 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2026. most years

Hand tools, cutting & bending, Common Level(6 marks)

Quick ones on Hand tools, cutting & bending.

(a)How should a hacksaw blade be fitted in its frame?
  1. Teeth pointing back, towards the handle
  2. Teeth pointing forward, away from the handle
  3. Either way, as long as it is loose
(b)Why must a file always have a handle fitted before it is used?
  1. The handle stops the teeth clogging
  2. It makes the file cut twice as fast on steel
  3. The pointed tang could stab your hand
(c)Which filing method gives a smooth, fine finish along the edge of a metal part?
  1. Draw filing
  2. Centre punching
  3. Cross filing
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(a) Teeth pointing forward, away from the handle

(b) The pointed tang could stab your hand

(c) Draw filing

Your turn: Common Level questions on Hand tools, cutting & bending.

Common Level

Asked on 3 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2026. most years

Every paper, year by year

YearWhere it came up
2026Q1c, Q3b
2025Not asked
2024Q1e
2023Not asked
2022Q3a

Links open the State Examinations Commission’s paper for that year.

More Hand tools, cutting & bending questions

Hand tools, cutting & bending, 3 marks

How is a strip of mild steel bent to a sharp 90 degree angle in the school workshop?

  1. Warm it on a strip heater and fold it by hand
  2. Drill a row of holes and snap it along them
  3. Hold it in a vice at the line and hammer it
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Hold it in a vice at the line and hammer it

Mild steel is ductile, so a cold strip can be held in a vice, often between bending bars, and hammered over. A strip heater is for thermoplastics like acrylic, not for steel.

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