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






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

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. Thinner version of a compass saw.






12. Vertical; at right angles to level.






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






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






15. Horizontal or perpendicular to the force of gravity.






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






17. 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.






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






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






20. Horizontal or perpendicular to the force of gravity.






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






22. Cutting tools designed to cut across wood grain.






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






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






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






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






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






28. Hand saw designed to cut gypsum board.






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






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






31. Tool used to outline a mortise butt hinges.






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






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






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






35. Hand saw designed to cut gypsum board.






36. Tool used to temporarily hold material together.






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






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






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






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






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






42. Cutting portion of a bench plane.






43. Tool used to outline a mortise butt hinges.






44. Vertical; at right angles to level.






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






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






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






48. Tool used to temporarily hold material together.






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






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