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Carpentry Hand Tools

Subjects : industries, carpentry
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1. Hand saws that cut while being drawn toward the user.






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






3. Tool used to temporarily hold material together.






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






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






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






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






8. General purpose prying tool with flattened claws.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. 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.






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

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. Thinner version of a compass saw.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. Horizontal or perpendicular to the force of gravity.






38. Thinner version of a compass saw.






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






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






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






42. Saws designed to cut metal.






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






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






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






46. Vertical; at right angles to level.






47. General purpose prying tool with flattened claws.






48. Tool used to outline a mortise butt hinges.






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






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