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






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






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






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






6. Thinner version of a compass saw.






7. A square tool with a sliding blade.






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






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






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






11. Cutting tools designed to cut across wood grain.






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






13. Horizontal or perpendicular to the force of gravity.






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






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






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






17. Tool used to outline a mortise butt hinges.






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






19. Thinner version of a compass saw.






20. A square tool with a sliding blade.






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






22. Vertical; at right angles to level.






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






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






25. Tool used to outline a mortise butt hinges.






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






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






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






29. Tool used to temporarily hold material together.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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

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37. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. Vertical; at right angles to level.






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






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






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






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






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






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