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Junior Cycle Wood Technology: Hand saws

How often Hand saws comes up on the Wood Technology 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 saws, Common Level(7 marks)

Quick ones on Hand saws.

(a)A saw with a thin blade stiffened by a brass or steel strip along its top, used for accurate straight cuts in joints, is a…
  1. Coping saw
  2. Tenon saw
  3. Rip saw
(b)A hand saw with a very thin blade held under tension in a U-shaped steel frame, used for cutting curves, is a…
  1. Dovetail saw
  2. Tenon saw
  3. Coping saw
(c)Why does a tenon saw have a heavy strip of brass or steel along the top of its blade?
  1. To keep the thin blade stiff and straight
  2. To hold the sawdust away from the cutting line
  3. To make the whole saw lighter to carry
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(a) Tenon saw

(b) Coping saw

(c) To keep the thin blade stiff and straight

Your turn: Common Level questions on Hand saws.

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
2025Not asked
2024Not asked
2023Q2d
2022Q1c

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

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