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Carpentry Hand Tools

Subjects : industries, carpentry
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1. The cutting of the end of a piece at any angle other than a right angle.






2. A length of wood or metal having at least one straight edge to be used for testing straight surfaces.






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






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






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






6. Interchangeable tips or various driving style heads.






7. Tool used to temporarily hold material together.






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






9. Pliers with adjustable jaws.






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






11. A fixed or adjustable tool for guiding handsaws in cutting miter joints or in making cross cuts.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. 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.






20. Pliers with adjustable jaws.






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






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






23. Thinner version of a compass saw.






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






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






26. Tool used to outline a mortise butt hinges.






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






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






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






30. Thinner version of a compass saw.






31. A fixed or adjustable tool for guiding handsaws in cutting miter joints or in making cross cuts.






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






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






34. Horizontal or perpendicular to the force of gravity.






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






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






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






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






39. 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.






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






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






42. A pointed weight attached to a line to test for plumb.






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






44. Horizontal or perpendicular to the force of gravity.






45. Tool used to temporarily hold material together.






46. Vertical; at right angles to level.






47. Cutting tools designed to cut across wood grain.






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






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






50. Cutting portion of a bench plane.