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Carpentry Hand Tools

Subjects : industries, carpentry
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Tool used to outline a mortise butt hinges.






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






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






4. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






10. Two foot long tool with spirit vials used to determine level and plumb.

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11. Hand saw designed to cut gypsum board.






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






13. The cutting of the end of a piece at any angle other than a right angle.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. Tool used to outline a mortise butt hinges.






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






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






28. Tool used to temporarily hold material together.






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






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






31. (What teachers are to students) terms used to describe larger drill holes.






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






33. General purpose prying tool with flattened claws.






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






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






36. Thinner version of a compass saw.






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. Two foot long tool with spirit vials used to determine level and plumb.

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






45. Vertical; at right angles to level.






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






47. Interchangeable tips or various driving style heads.






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






49. Cutting tools designed to cut across wood grain.






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