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Carpentry Hand Tools

Subjects : industries, carpentry
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1. (What teachers are to students) terms used to describe larger drill holes.






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






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






4. 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.






5. Interchangeable tips or various driving style heads.






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






7. Saws designed to cut metal.






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






9. Horizontal or perpendicular to the force of gravity.






10. Cutting portion of a bench plane.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. Saws designed to cut metal.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. Interchangeable tips or various driving style heads.






36. Vertical; at right angles to level.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. General purpose prying tool with flattened claws.