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Carpentry Hand Tools

Subjects : industries, carpentry
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1. Hand saw designed to cut gypsum board.






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






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






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






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






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






7. Pliers with adjustable jaws.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. General purpose prying tool with flattened claws.






16. Vertical; at right angles to level.






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






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






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






20. A square tool with a sliding blade.






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. Vertical; at right angles to level.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. Cutting portion of a bench plane.






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






49. Thinner version of a compass saw.






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