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Carpentry Hand Tools

Subjects : industries, carpentry
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1. A small hand tool with a low-blade angle used to shave thin layers of wood.






2. The sharpening of a tool on a sharpening stone by rubbing the tool on the stone.






3. Metals shears with lever-action handles to increase cutting power.






4. Measuring devices made of a steel self retracting tape.






5. Metals shears with lever-action handles to increase cutting power.






6. All-purpose cutting tool - typically with a retractable blade.






7. Thinner version of a compass saw.






8. Horizontal or perpendicular to the force of gravity.






9. Shearlike tool used for all purpose cutting of sheet metal.






10. Short hand saw with a tapered blade used to cut curves or irregular shapes.






11. Heavier (20-32 ounce) hammers used in framing.






12. A lightweight hatchet with both a sharp blade and a heel that is used to apply wood shakes and shingles.






13. A small hand tool with a low-blade angle used to shave thin layers of wood.






14. (What teachers are to students) terms used to describe larger drill holes.






15. Short hand saw with a tapered blade used to cut curves or irregular shapes.






16. Prying tool used to remove nails that have been driven all the way.






17. A square tool with a sliding blade.






18. Tool used to outline a mortise butt hinges.






19. Saws designed to cut metal.






20. Tool used for quick layout of angles - particular for rafters.






21. The joining of two pieces by cutting the end of each piece by bisecting the angle at which they are joined.






22. Interchangeable tips or various driving style heads.






23. Metal tool designed to be driven by a hammer - and which is used to make mortises and other rectangular holes in wood.






24. Wood-boring bit with a piloting screw tip.






25. Cutting tools designed to cut across wood grain.






26. Hand saw with short thin blade held by a bow-shaped frame used to cut irregular shapes in trim.






27. Term used for drilling bits typically with a retractable blade.






28. Tool used to outline a mortise butt hinges.






29. Metal tool designed to be driven by a hammer - and which is used to make mortises and other rectangular holes in wood.






30. (What teachers are to students) terms used to describe larger drill holes.






31. Term used to describe long measuring tools that are rewound by hand.






32. Prying tool used to remove nails that have been driven all the way.






33. Term used for drilling bits typically with a retractable blade.






34. Hand saws that cut while being drawn toward the user.






35. Nails driven diagonally to fasten the end of framing.






36. Laying out woodwork to fit against on irregular surface.






37. Interchangeable tips or various driving style heads.






38. A cut - partway through - and running with the grain of lumber.






39. Tool designed to remove thin layers of material from various surfaces.






40. Hand tool used to shave thin layers of wood.






41. Wood-drilling tool that adjusts to various diameters.






42. The cutting of the end of a piece at any angle other than a right angle.






43. Carpenter's tool used to drive and pull nails.






44. String in a box with colored powder used to establish straight lines.






45. The sloping edge or side of a piece for which the angle formed by the slope is not a right angle.






46. General purpose prying tool with flattened claws.






47. Pliers with adjustable jaws.






48. Hand saws that cut while being drawn toward the user.






49. Laying out woodwork to fit against on irregular surface.






50. Saws designed to cut in the direction that is parallel to the wood grain.