Toten Chip Test

 

                                                                                                                                                         T/F

1. A dull knife is safer than a sharp one.                                                                      [   ]

2. Cut away from yourself and others.                                                                          [   ]

3. Pass a knife with blade open                                                                                      [   ]

4. Heat the blade to properly sharpen knife.                                                                [   ]

5. Sharpen knife on a whetstone at a 30 degree angle.                                               [   ]

6. All saws cut on the push stroke.                                                                                [   ]

7. When cutting a branch from a tree undercut and then cut from the top down.  [   ]

8. Make branch cuts 12" away from trunk to limit injury to tree.                               [   ]

9. Saws can be sharpened by using a file.                                                                     [   ]

10. Saw teeth are "set" by bending them all towards the center.                               [   ]

11. The ax is more dangerous than saws.                                                                      [   ]

12. Tighten a loose ax head by soaking it in water.                                                     [   ]

13. Canvas high-top tennis shoes should be worn when using an ax.                     [   ]

14. Split small pieces by holding the hatchet and wood together 

                                and hitting both on a block in contact.                                          [   ]

15. Limbing a log is done to a standing tree with an ax.                                              [   ]

16. To split large rounds of wood use the contact method.                                       [   ]

17. Always leave saws and axes in the yard for the next user.                                  [   ]

18. Carry an ax with the blade facing your leg or over your shoulder.                      [   ]

 

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