Carpenter’s tools
Carpenter’s tools
The Cypriot carpenter or ‘Pelekanos’ is yet another of the traditional Cypriot professions. The ‘pelekanos’ is both a furniture maker and carpenter, responsible both for the construction of furniture such as tables and cabinets, but also for all other wooden constructions in the house, such as the wooden roof and windowpanes.
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- Large and small ‘sigatsa’ (Saw): Used to cut the wood.
- ‘Kopanos’ (Mallet): Used to hit a chisel at the split in the wood.
- Stella: A curved form used to give pieces of wood a curvature.
- ‘Kompasos’ (Caliper): Used to create circular marks on the wood, particularly in the construction of windows.
- ‘Simadoures’ (Markers): Used to mark different pieces of wood, so that they could be processed to the same thickness.
- ‘Strouvelloarida’ or ‘Arida’ (Drill): Used for the drilling of wood.
- ‘Plania’ (Wood planer): A tool used to give wood a straight and flat surface.
- ‘Trapanos’ (Drilling tool): An ‘Arida’ (drill) was attached to the front of the tool, which was then used by hand to create holes in the wood.
- Wooden ‘mola’ (mould): Used to draw leaf patterns on the window.
- ‘Ladakono’ (Oil grindstone): A grindstone that was covered in oil and used to sharpen the wood-working tools.
- Narrow and wide ‘Gliftis’ (Wood rasp): Tool used to create depressions in the wood.
- ‘Xistra’ (Cut file): A Tool used to smooth out the grooves opened in the wood after the use of the rougher ‘gliftis’ (word rasp) in order to create joints for the wood.
- ‘Xilovida’ (Clamp): Used to tighten and hold wood in place.
- Narrow and wide ‘Scarpello’ (Chissel): Used to create deep holes on the window panes. ‘Vorzilas’ (Keyhole bit): A tool used to open key holes.