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Carpentry Hand Tools

Subjects : industries, carpentry
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1. Tool used to drive nail heads below the surface.






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






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






4. Saws designed to cut metal.






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






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






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






8. A square tool with a sliding blade.






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






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






11. Cutting tools designed to cut across wood grain.






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






13. Interchangeable tips or various driving style heads.






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






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

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






17. (What teachers are to students) terms used to describe larger drill holes.






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. A square tool with a sliding blade.






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






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






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






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






29. Pliers with adjustable jaws.






30. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






36. Interchangeable tips or various driving style heads.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. Saws designed to cut metal.






46. Hand saw designed to cut gypsum board.






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






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






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






50. Horizontal or perpendicular to the force of gravity.