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Carpentry Hand Tools

Subjects : industries, carpentry
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1. Laying out woodwork to fit against on irregular surface.






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






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






4. Cutting portion of a bench plane.






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






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






7. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. Horizontal or perpendicular to the force of gravity.






15. Interchangeable tips or various driving style heads.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. Vertical; at right angles to level.






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. Horizontal or perpendicular to the force of gravity.






31. Tool used to outline a mortise butt hinges.






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






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






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






35. Vertical; at right angles to level.






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






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






38. General purpose prying tool with flattened claws.






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






40. Thinner version of a compass saw.






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






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






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






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






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






46. Cutting portion of a bench plane.






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






48. General purpose prying tool with flattened claws.






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






50. Pliers with adjustable jaws.