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Carpentry Hand Tools

Subjects : industries, carpentry
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1. Heavier (20-32 ounce) hammers used in framing.






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






3. Term used to describe cutting hole with turning bits.






4. Tool used to temporarily hold material together.






5. A cutout along the edge or end of lumber.






6. The forward end of tools - such as a handsaw and hand plane.






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






8. Hand tools used to shave thin layers of wood.






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






10. Horizontal or perpendicular to the force of gravity.






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






12. Interchangeable tips or various driving style heads.






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






14. Term used to describe cutting hole with turning bits.






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






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






17. Handsaw blade style with aggressive teeth that cut wood fast in both directions.






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






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






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






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






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






23. Thinner version of a compass saw.






24. Large pry bar used in demolition; often called a crow bar.






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






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






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






28. A cutout along the edge or end of lumber.






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






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






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






32. Cutting portion of a bench plane.






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






34. Large pry bar used in demolition; often called a crow bar.






35. Tool with sharp points that is clamped to a strip of wood to lay out arcs.






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






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






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






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






40. Making a flared depression around the top of a hole to receive the head of a flathead screw; also the tool used to make the depression.






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






42. Vertical; at right angles to level.






43. A cut - partway through - and across the grain of lumber.






44. Wrench with jaws that move to various widths by turning a screw.






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






46. Tool used to drive nail heads below the surface.






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






48. Tool used to outline a mortise butt hinges.






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






50. Wrench with jaws that move to various widths by turning a screw.