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Carpentry Hand Tools

Subjects : industries, carpentry
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1. Hand tools used to shave thin layers of wood.






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






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






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






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






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






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

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






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






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






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






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






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






14. Tool used to outline a mortise butt hinges.






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






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






17. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. Heavier (20-32 ounce) hammers used in framing.






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

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29. Vertical; at right angles to level.






30. Saws designed to cut metal.






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






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






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






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






35. General purpose prying tool with flattened claws.






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. Thinner version of a compass saw.






44. Cutting tools designed to cut across wood grain.






45. Heavier (20-32 ounce) hammers used in framing.






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






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






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






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






50. Interchangeable tips or various driving style heads.