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Carpentry Hand Tools

Subjects : industries, carpentry
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1. Hand saw with short thin blade held by a bow-shaped frame used to cut irregular shapes in trim.






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






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






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






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






6. Vertical; at right angles to level.






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






8. Cutting tools designed to cut across wood grain.






9. General purpose prying tool with flattened claws.






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. Saws designed to cut metal.






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. 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.






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






25. Cutting tools designed to cut across wood grain.






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






27. Pliers with adjustable jaws.






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






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






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






31. Tool used to temporarily hold material together.






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






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






34. Vertical; at right angles to level.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. Tool used to outline a mortise butt hinges.






44. Tool used to outline a mortise butt hinges.






45. General purpose prying tool with flattened claws.






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






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






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






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






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