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






2. Tool used to temporarily hold material together.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. Cutting tools designed to cut across wood grain.






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






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






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






22. 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.






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






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






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






26. Horizontal or perpendicular to the force of gravity.






27. Tool used to temporarily hold material together.






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






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






30. Cutting portion of a bench plane.






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






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






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






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






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






36. Interchangeable tips or various driving style heads.






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






38. Vertical; at right angles to level.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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

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






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






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






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






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