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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. Tool used to outline a mortise butt hinges.






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






4. Tool used to temporarily hold material together.






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






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






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






8. Hand saw designed to cut gypsum board.






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. 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.






16. 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.






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






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






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






20. General purpose prying tool with flattened claws.






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






22. Saws designed to cut metal.






23. Tool used to temporarily hold material together.






24. Cutting tools designed to cut across wood grain.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. Vertical; at right angles to level.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. Thinner version of a compass saw.






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






45. Horizontal or perpendicular to the force of gravity.






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






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






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






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






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