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Carpentry Hand Tools

Subjects : industries, carpentry
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1. Interchangeable tips or various driving style heads.






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






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






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






5. Tool used to outline a mortise butt hinges.






6. Tool used to outline a mortise butt hinges.






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






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






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






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






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






12. General purpose prying tool with flattened claws.






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






14. Vertical; at right angles to level.






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






16. Pliers with adjustable jaws.






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






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






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






20. Pliers with adjustable jaws.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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


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






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






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






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






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






36. Handsaw blade style with aggressive teeth that cut wood fast in both directions.






37. Cutting tools designed to cut across wood grain.






38. 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.






39. Thinner version of a compass saw.






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






41. Tool used to temporarily hold material together.






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






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






44. Horizontal or perpendicular to the force of gravity.






45. A square tool with a sliding blade.






46. Saws designed to cut metal.






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






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






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






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