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Carpentry Hand Tools

Subjects : industries, carpentry
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1. The back end of objects - such as a handsaw or hand plane.






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






3. Interchangeable tips or various driving style heads.






4. Pliers with adjustable jaws.






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






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






7. 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.






8. A square tool with a sliding blade.






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






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






11. A square tool with a sliding blade.






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






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






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






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






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






17. Cutting tools designed to cut across wood grain.






18. Cutting portion of a bench plane.






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






20. Tool used to outline a mortise butt hinges.






21. Horizontal or perpendicular to the force of gravity.






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. General purpose prying tool with flattened claws.






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. Interchangeable tips or various driving style heads.






36. General purpose prying tool with flattened claws.






37. Pliers with adjustable jaws.






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






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






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






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






42. Cutting tools designed to cut across wood grain.






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






44. Hand saw designed to cut gypsum board.






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






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






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






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






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






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