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Carpentry Hand Tools

Subjects : industries, carpentry
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1. Prying tool used to remove nails that have been driven all the way.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. General purpose prying tool with flattened claws.






10. A square tool with a sliding blade.






11. Pliers with adjustable jaws.






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






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






14. Cutting tools designed to cut across wood grain.






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






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






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






18. 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.






19. Cutting portion of a bench plane.






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






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






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






23. Vertical; at right angles to level.






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






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






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






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






28. Tool used to temporarily hold material together.






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






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






31. Tool used to outline a mortise butt hinges.






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






33. 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.






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






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






36. Tool used to outline a mortise butt hinges.






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






38. Interchangeable tips or various driving style heads.






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






40. Saws designed to cut metal.






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






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






43. Interchangeable tips or various driving style heads.






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






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






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






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






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






49. Thinner version of a compass saw.






50. Cutting portion of a bench plane.