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Carpentry Hand Tools

Subjects : industries, carpentry
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1. Metals shears with lever-action handles to increase cutting power.






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






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






4. Interchangeable tips or various driving style heads.






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






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






7. Cutting tools designed to cut across wood grain.






8. Thinner version of a compass saw.






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






10. Cutting portion of a bench plane.






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






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






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






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






15. Horizontal or perpendicular to the force of gravity.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. Tool used to temporarily hold material together.






24. General purpose prying tool with flattened claws.






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






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






27. 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.






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






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






30. Pliers with adjustable jaws.






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






32. Vertical; at right angles to level.






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






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

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35. 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.






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






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






38. Interchangeable tips or various driving style heads.






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






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






41. Cutting portion of a bench plane.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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