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Carpentry Hand Tools

Subjects : industries, carpentry
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A cut - partway through - and across the grain of lumber.






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






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






4. A square tool with a sliding blade.






5. Cutting tools designed to cut across wood grain.






6. 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.






7. Vertical; at right angles to level.






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






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






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






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






12. Tool used to outline a mortise butt hinges.






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






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

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






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






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






18. Thinner version of a compass saw.






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






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






21. General purpose prying tool with flattened claws.






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






23. Vertical; at right angles to level.






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

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






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






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






28. Interchangeable tips or various driving style heads.






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






30. Tool used to outline a mortise butt hinges.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. Horizontal or perpendicular to the force of gravity.






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






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






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






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






43. Saws designed to cut metal.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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