Stonemasonry tools

thumb|right|upright=1.3|A variety of rulers thumb|right|A carpenter's rule thumb|right|Retractable flexible rule or tape measure thumb|right|A closeup of a steel ruler thumb|A ruler in combination with a letter scale

drafting instrument for drawing arcs and multiplying distances

weight, usually with a pointed tip on the bottom, suspended from a string and used as a vertical reference line

hand trowel used in brickwork or stonework for leveling, spreading and shaping mortar or concrete

thumb|Rubber mallets thumb|A wooden mallet thumb|Rawhide mallet thumb|Stonemason's mallets of plastic, wood and steel thumb|An iron mallet with copper faces. Solid head copper mallets are produced with a round or square head thumb|An aluminium [[meat mallet, for tenderizing meat]] thumb|Meat mallet. thumb|Cooking mallet for crushing crops. thumb|Indian cobbler tool kit, with an iron mallet A mallet is a tool used for imparting force on another object, often made of rubber or sometimes wood, that is smaller than a maul or beetle, and usually has a relatively large head.

masonry tool used to texturize stone and concrete

thumb|right|An ornate 18th century iron straightedge A straightedge or straight edge is a tool used for drawing straight lines, or checking their straightness. If it has equally spaced markings along its length, it is usually called a ruler.

tool for marking straight lines

Geometry tool

hammer with opposed flat and chisel blade striking faces

lifting appliance

flexible mason's rule made of lead that could be bent to the curves of a molding, and used to measure or reproduce irregular curves

set of tools for splitting stone