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Carpentry Hand Tools
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1. Metals shears with lever-action handles to increase cutting power.
Utility knife
Block planes
Speed square
Aviation snips
2. Saws designed to cut metal.
Hacksaws
Toenailing
Keyhole saw
Rip saws
3. Large pry bar used in demolition; often called a crow bar.
Hacksaws
Aviation snips
Framing hammer
Wrecking bar
4. Term used for drilling bits typically with a retractable blade.
Twist drills
Claw hammer
Carpenter's level
Wood chisel
5. Cutting portion of a bench plane.
Groove
Auger bits
Bench plane iron
Speed square
6. A length of wood or metal having at least one straight edge to be used for testing straight surfaces.
Straightedge
Hand scraper
Shark tooth saw
Toe
7. Cutting portion of a bench plane.
Plumb bob
Plumb
Face nailing
Bench plane iron
8. Laying out woodwork to fit against on irregular surface.
Scribe
Screw driver bits
Shingling hatchet
Bevel
9. Carpenter's tool used to drive and pull nails.
Claw hammer
Pullsaws
Drilling
Screw driver bits
10. A pointed weight attached to a line to test for plumb.
Nail set
Plumb bob
Rip saws
Boring
11. A small hand tool with a low-blade angle used to shave thin layers of wood.
Block planes
Boring
Speed square
Level
12. Tool used for quick layout of angles - particular for rafters.
Speed square
Nail claw
Adjustable wrench
Rip saws
13. Cutting tools designed to cut across wood grain.
Groove
Boring
Crosscut saws
Rabbet
14. A small hand tool with a low-blade angle used to shave thin layers of wood.
Block planes
Framing hammer
Plumb
Butt markers
15. Large pry bar used in demolition; often called a crow bar.
Clamps
Wrecking bar
Drilling
Groove
16. Wood-drilling tool that adjusts to various diameters.
Bench plane
Wrecking bar
Expansive bit
Screw driver bits
17. A square tool with a sliding blade.
Aviation snips
Combination square
Trammel points
Plumb
18. The joining of two pieces by cutting the end of each piece by bisecting the angle at which they are joined.
Boring
Miter joint
Adjustable wrench
Crosscut saws
19. The joining of two pieces by cutting the end of each piece by bisecting the angle at which they are joined.
Miter joint
Plumb
Steel tapes
Rabbet
20. Hand tool used to shave thin layers of wood.
Bench plane
Coping saw
Toenailing
Adjustable wrench
21. A lightweight hatchet with both a sharp blade and a heel that is used to apply wood shakes and shingles.
Heel
Speed square
Shingling hatchet
Crosscut saws
22. Measuring devices made of a steel self retracting tape.
Keyhole saw
Pocket tapes
Rabbet
Hacksaws
23. Tool used to temporarily hold material together.
Coping saw
Clamps
Straightedge
Crosscut saws
24. Term used to describe cutting hole with turning bits.
Utility knife
Block planes
Flat bar
Drilling
25. Heavier (20-32 ounce) hammers used in framing.
Miter box
Bench plane iron
Framing hammer
Straightedge
26. A pointed weight attached to a line to test for plumb.
Pocket tapes
Compass saw
Plumb bob
Combination square
27. Tool designed to remove thin layers of material from various surfaces.
Miter joint
Miter
Hand scraper
Wrecking bar
28. Term used to describe long measuring tools that are rewound by hand.
Carpenter's level
Steel tapes
Twist drills
Wing dividers
29. Short hand saw with a tapered blade used to cut curves or irregular shapes.
Compass saw
Bevel
Level
Coping saw
30. Saws designed to cut metal.
Hacksaws
Rip saws
Bit brace
Toe
31. Term used to describe cutting hole with turning bits.
Trammel points
Dado
Framing hammer
Drilling
32. Handsaw blade style with aggressive teeth that cut wood fast in both directions.
Shingling hatchet
Claw hammer
Bit brace
Shark tooth saw
33. Metals shears with lever-action handles to increase cutting power.
Aviation snips
Framing hammer
Hacksaws
Steel tapes
34. Metal tool designed to be driven by a hammer - and which is used to make mortises and other rectangular holes in wood.
Nail claw
Wood chisel
Combination pliers
Pocket tapes
35. Prying tool used to remove nails that have been driven all the way.
Hand scraper
Nail claw
Auger bits
Clamps
36. Hand saw designed to cut gypsum board.
Plumb bob
Wallboard saw
Pullsaws
Groove
37. Hand saws that cut while being drawn toward the user.
Pullsaws
Clamps
Aviation snips
Combination square
38. The back end of objects - such as a handsaw or hand plane.
Heel
Toe
Nail claw
Dado
39. A cut - partway through - and across the grain of lumber.
Boring
Dado
Compass saw
Bench plane
40. Horizontal or perpendicular to the force of gravity.
Miter
Wood chisel
Level
Bench plane
41. Vertical; at right angles to level.
Countersink
Plumb
Groove
Nail claw
42. Nails driven diagonally to fasten the end of framing.
Rabbet
Toenailing
Clamps
Crosscut saws
43. Wood-boring bit with a piloting screw tip.
Coping saw
Carpenter's level
Auger bits
Compass saw
44. The cutting of the end of a piece at any angle other than a right angle.
Level
Rabbet
Miter
Dado
45. Tool with sharp points that is clamped to a strip of wood to lay out arcs.
Combination square
Claw hammer
Trammel points
Steel tapes
46. Wood-boring bit with a piloting screw tip.
Carpenter's level
Miter box
Steel tapes
Auger bits
47. Nails driven diagonally to fasten the end of framing.
Toe
Combination pliers
Miter joint
Toenailing
48. Thinner version of a compass saw.
Twist drills
Aviation snips
Scribe
Keyhole saw
49. 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.
Speed square
Countersink
Plumb
Rip saws
50. Compass like tool used to lay out circles and perform incremental step-offs in various layouts.
Heel
Wallboard saw
Crosscut saws
Wing dividers