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Carpentry Hand Tools

Subjects : industries, carpentry
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1. Wrench with jaws that move to various widths by turning a screw.






2. Cutting portion of a bench plane.






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






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






5. Pliers with adjustable jaws.






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






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






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






9. General purpose prying tool with flattened claws.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. Vertical; at right angles to level.






19. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. Cutting tools designed to cut across wood grain.






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






28. A lightweight hatchet with both a sharp blade and a heel that is used to apply wood shakes and shingles.






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






30. A lightweight hatchet with both a sharp blade and a heel that is used to apply wood shakes and shingles.






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






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






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






34. Tool used to outline a mortise butt hinges.






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






36. Saws designed to cut metal.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. Hand saw designed to cut gypsum board.