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Carpentry Hand Tools

Subjects : industries, carpentry
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The joining of two pieces by cutting the end of each piece by bisecting the angle at which they are joined.






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






3. Tool used to temporarily hold material together.






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






5. General purpose prying tool with flattened claws.






6. Interchangeable tips or various driving style heads.






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






8. Tool used to outline a mortise butt hinges.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. Interchangeable tips or various driving style heads.






19. Cutting tools designed to cut across wood grain.






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. Hand saw designed to cut gypsum board.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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


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






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






37. Saws designed to cut metal.






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






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






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






41. Saws designed to cut metal.






42. Saws designed to cut in the direction that is parallel to the wood grain.






43. Pliers with adjustable jaws.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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