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Carpentry Hand Tools

Subjects : industries, carpentry
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1. Interchangeable tips or various driving style heads.






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






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






4. Horizontal or perpendicular to the force of gravity.






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






6. Vertical; at right angles to level.






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






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






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






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






11. Pliers with adjustable jaws.






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






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






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






15. Thinner version of a compass saw.






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






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






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






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






20. Horizontal or perpendicular to the force of gravity.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. Cutting portion of a bench plane.






29. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. Tool used to temporarily hold material together.






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






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






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






40. General purpose prying tool with flattened claws.






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






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






43. General purpose prying tool with flattened claws.






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






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






46. 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.






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






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






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






50. Interchangeable tips or various driving style heads.