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Carpentry Hand Tools

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






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






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






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






5. Tool used to outline a mortise butt hinges.






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






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






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






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






10. 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.






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






12. Pliers with adjustable jaws.






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






14. Cutting portion of a bench plane.






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






16. General purpose prying tool with flattened claws.






17. Tool used to temporarily hold material together.






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






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






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






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






22. Horizontal or perpendicular to the force of gravity.






23. Cutting tools designed to cut across wood grain.






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






25. Driving a fastener nearly perpendicular to the material surfacer.






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






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






28. A square tool with a sliding blade.






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






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






31. Saws designed to cut metal.






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






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






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






35. Cutting portion of a bench plane.






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






37. The back end of objects - such as a handsaw or hand plane.






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






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






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






41. Compass like tool used to lay out circles and perform incremental step-offs in various layouts.






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






43. General purpose prying tool with flattened claws.






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






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






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






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






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






49. Tool used to temporarily hold material together.






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