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Carpentry Hand Tools

Subjects : industries, carpentry
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1. A length of wood or metal having at least one straight edge to be used for testing straight surfaces.






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






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






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






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






6. Pliers with adjustable jaws.






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






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






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






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






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






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

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






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






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






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






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






18. Pliers with adjustable jaws.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. Tool used to temporarily hold material together.






30. Cutting tools designed to cut across wood grain.






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






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






33. Vertical; at right angles to level.






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






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






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






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






38. Tool used to outline a mortise butt hinges.






39. Cutting tools designed to cut across wood grain.






40. Horizontal or perpendicular to the force of gravity.






41. Interchangeable tips or various driving style heads.






42. 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.






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






44. Hand saw designed to cut gypsum board.






45. A square tool with a sliding blade.






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






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






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






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






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