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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. 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.






2. Saws designed to cut metal.






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






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






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






6. General purpose prying tool with flattened claws.






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






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






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






10. A square tool with a sliding blade.






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






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






13. Cutting tools designed to cut across wood grain.






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






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






16. Cutting tools designed to cut across wood grain.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. Vertical; at right angles to level.






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






30. Tool used to temporarily hold material together.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. Tool used to temporarily hold material together.






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






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






48. Vertical; at right angles to level.






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






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