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Carpentry Hand Tools

Subjects : industries, carpentry
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1. Prying tool used to remove nails that have been driven all the way.






2. Interchangeable tips or various driving style heads.






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






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






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






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






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






8. General purpose prying tool with flattened claws.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. Wood-drilling tool that adjusts to various diameters.






20. Cutting tools designed to cut across wood grain.






21. Tool used to outline a mortise butt hinges.






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






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






24. General purpose prying tool with flattened claws.






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






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






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






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






29. A square tool with a sliding blade.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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


38. Tool used to outline a mortise butt hinges.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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