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Carpentry Hand Tools

Subjects : industries, carpentry
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Two foot long tool with spirit vials used to determine level and plumb.

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2. Interchangeable tips or various driving style heads.






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






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






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






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






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






8. 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.






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






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






11. General purpose prying tool with flattened claws.






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






13. Thinner version of a compass saw.






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






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






16. Saws designed to cut metal.






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






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






19. Tool used to outline a mortise butt hinges.






20. Cutting portion of a bench plane.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. 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.






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






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






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






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






40. A square tool with a sliding blade.






41. Horizontal or perpendicular to the force of gravity.






42. Pliers with adjustable jaws.






43. Thinner version of a compass saw.






44. Cutting tools designed to cut across wood grain.






45. Vertical; at right angles to level.






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






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






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






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






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