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Carpentry Hand Tools

Subjects : industries, carpentry
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1. Hand saws that cut while being drawn toward the user.






2. Thinner version of a compass saw.






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






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






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






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






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. Vertical; at right angles to level.






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






10. Cutting tools designed to cut across wood grain.






11. Cutting portion of a bench plane.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. Cutting portion of a bench plane.






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






24. Saws designed to cut metal.






25. Horizontal or perpendicular to the force of gravity.






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






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






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






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






30. Pliers with adjustable jaws.






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






32. Thinner version of a compass saw.






33. A square tool with a sliding blade.






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. Hand saw designed to cut gypsum board.






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






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






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






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






45. Saws designed to cut metal.






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






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






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






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






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