A gardening trowel

Trowel used by the Hon. King O'Malley in laying one of the foundation stones of the commencement column of the Federal Capital city of Canberra in 1913

A trowel is one of several similar hand tools used for digging, smoothing, or otherwise moving around small amounts of viscous or particulate material. Canberra ( is the capital city of Australia With a population of over 340000 it is Australia's largest inland City. A hand tool is a device for performing work on a Material or a physical system using only Hands The hand tools can be manually used employing Mechanical force

Hand tools

In gardening, a trowel is a tool with a pointed, scoop-shaped metal blade and a handle. Gardening is the practice of growing Plants for their attractive flowers or foliage and Vegetables or Fruits for consumption A blade is the flat part of a Tool, Weapon, or Machine (such as a fan) that normally has a cutting edge and/or pointed end typically made It is used for breaking up earth, digging small holes, especially for planting and weeding, mixing in fertilizer or other additives, and transferring plants to pots. Sowing is the process of planting Seeds. Sowing in practice Pretreatment of seed and soil before sowing Before sowing certain seeds first require WEED (1390 AM) is a Radio station broadcasting a Spanish format Fertilizers ( also spelt fertiliser are chemical compounds given to Plants to promote growth they are usually applied either through the soil for uptake by plant Container gardening is the practice of growing plants exclusively in containers or "pots" instead of planting them in the ground

A bricklayer's trowel (also known as a pointing trowel) is a flat-bladed tool with a handle and flat metal blade, used by masons for leveling, spreading, or shaping substances such as cement, plaster, or mortar, as well as for breaking bricks to shape them or smoothing a mold. The craft of stonemasonry has existed since the dawn of Civilization - creating Buildings structures and Sculpture using stone from the earth In the most general sense of the word a cement is a binder a substance which sets and hardens independently and can bind other materials together The term plaster can refer to plaster of Paris Lime plaster, or Cement plaster. Mortar is a workable paste formed by mixture of Cement, Water and fine aggregate Masonry to bind construction blocks together and fill the gaps between A brick is a block of Ceramic material used in Masonry construction laid using mortar. A tuck pointing trowel is longer and thinner, designed for packing mortar between bricks. Brick trowels are traditionally made of carbon steel, but some newer versions are made of cast stainless steel, which has longer wear and is rust-free. Carbon steel, also called plain carbon steel, is Steel where the main alloying constituent is Carbon. In Metallurgy, stainless steel is defined as a Steel Alloy with a minimum of 11

In archaeology brick or pointing trowels (usually 4" steel trowels) are used to scratch the strata in an excavation and allow the colours of the soil to be clear, so that the different strata can be identified, processed and excavated. Archaeology, archeology, or archæology (from Greek grc ἀρχαιολογία archaiologia – grc ἀρχαῖος archaīos In the United States, the Marshalltown trowel is favoured, but in the British Isles the WHS 4" pointing trowel is the traditional tool. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The Marshalltown trowel is the favoured tool of Archaeologists in the United States of America. The British Isles (Irish variously Na hOileáin Bhriotanacha, Oileáin Iarthair Eorpa, Éire agus an Bhreatain Mhór; Ellanyn Goaldagh Eileanan William Hunt and Sons or WHS is a British brand of Masonry tools

Several types of trowel are used in concrete construction. Concrete is a construction material composed of Cement (commonly Portland cement) as well as other cementitious materials such as Fly ash and Slag The float trowel or finishing trowel is usually rectangular, used to smooth, level, or texture the top layer of hardening concrete. A flooring trowel has one rectangular end and one pointed end, made to fit corners.

A gauging trowel has a rounded tip, used to mix measured proportions of the ingredients for quick set plaster. The term plaster can refer to plaster of Paris Lime plaster, or Cement plaster.

A pool trowel is a flat-bladed tool with rounded ends used to apply coatings to concrete, especially on swimming pool decks. Concrete is a construction material composed of Cement (commonly Portland cement) as well as other cementitious materials such as Fly ash and Slag A swimming pool, swimming bath, wading pool, or simply a pool, is an artificially enclosed Body of water intended for Swimming or

Margin trowels and notched trowels are used to apply adhesive and grout when applying ceramic or stone tile to a surface. Grout is a Construction material used to embed Rebars in Masonry walls connect sections of pre-cast Concrete, fill voids and seal joints (like A tile is a manufactured piece of hard-wearing material such as Ceramic, stone, metal or even Glass.

A smaller but similarly shaped tool called the palette knife is used in oil painting. A palette knife is a blunt Knife with an extremely flexible Steel blade and no sharpened cutting edge Oil painting is the process of painting with Pigments that are bound with a medium of Drying oil — especially in early modern Europe Linseed oil

Power tools

A power trowel is a type of Light Construction Equipment, used by construction companies and contractors, serving as a finishing equipment for concrete works. A Power Trowel 'Power Float' is a Light Construction Equipment used by Construction companies and contractors serving as a finishing equipment for Concrete

Significance

The trowel is an important symbol in Freemasonry.

In 1978, Mr Edward Welfare, himself a freemason and scout-master, opened what was believed to be the UK's first dedicated trowel museum in Norfolk.

External links

• A history of the Sheffield made WHS trowel