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Carpentry Hand Tools

Subjects : industries, carpentry
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1. Wood-drilling tool that adjusts to various diameters.






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






3. Saws designed to cut metal.






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






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






6. Tool used to outline a mortise butt hinges.






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






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






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






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






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






12. Pliers with adjustable jaws.






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






14. Tool used to outline a mortise butt hinges.






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






16. 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.






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






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






19. Horizontal or perpendicular to the force of gravity.






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






21. Interchangeable tips or various driving style heads.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. Hand saw designed to cut gypsum board.






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. Cutting tools designed to cut across wood grain.






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






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






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


40. Saws designed to cut metal.






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






42. Cutting tools designed to cut across wood grain.






43. General purpose prying tool with flattened claws.






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






45. 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.






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






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






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






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


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