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Carpentry Hand Tools

Subjects : industries, carpentry
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1. Wood-drilling tool that adjusts to various diameters.






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






3. Hand saw designed to cut gypsum board.






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






5. Tool used to temporarily hold material together.






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






7. Vertical; at right angles to level.






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. Cutting tools designed to cut across wood grain.






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






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






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






18. Saws designed to cut metal.






19. General purpose prying tool with flattened claws.






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






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






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






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






24. Vertical; at right angles to level.






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






26. General purpose prying tool with flattened claws.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. Tool used to temporarily hold material together.






36. Cutting portion of a bench plane.






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






38. Interchangeable tips or various driving style heads.






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






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






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






42. Hand saw designed to cut gypsum board.






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






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






45. 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.






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






47. A square tool with a sliding blade.






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






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






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