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Carpentry Hand Tools
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1. All-purpose cutting tool - typically with a retractable blade.
Miter
Auger bits
Utility knife
Miter box
2. A square tool with a sliding blade.
Expansive bit
Block planes
Nail set
Combination square
3. Tool designed to remove thin layers of material from various surfaces.
Carpenter's level
Hand scraper
Toe
Miter joint
4. The back end of objects - such as a handsaw or hand plane.
Countersink
Heel
Dado
Miter
5. Compass like tool used to lay out circles and perform incremental step-offs in various layouts.
Wing dividers
Coping saw
Groove
Claw hammer
6. Term used to describe cutting hole with turning bits.
Drilling
Aviation snips
Plumb bob
Bevel
7. The sharpening of a tool on a sharpening stone by rubbing the tool on the stone.
Screw driver bits
Whet
Toenailing
Drilling
8. Handsaw blade style with aggressive teeth that cut wood fast in both directions.
Wallboard saw
Flat bar
Shark tooth saw
Claw hammer
9. Saws designed to cut metal.
Hacksaws
Trammel points
Heel
Chalk line
10. A fixed or adjustable tool for guiding handsaws in cutting miter joints or in making cross cuts.
Compass saw
Wing dividers
Flat bar
Miter box
11. Tool used to outline a mortise butt hinges.
Adjustable wrench
Butt markers
Drilling
Twist drills
12. Vertical; at right angles to level.
Bench plane iron
Carpenter's level
Hand scraper
Plumb
13. The cutting of the end of a piece at any angle other than a right angle.
Miter joint
Rabbet
Miter
Block planes
14. Heavier (20-32 ounce) hammers used in framing.
Framing hammer
Claw hammer
Bench plane
Nail set
15. A small hand tool with a low-blade angle used to shave thin layers of wood.
Block planes
Scribe
Combination pliers
Bench plane
16. Carpenter's tool used to drive and pull nails.
Claw hammer
Bench plane
Whet
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.
Rabbet
Miter
Countersink
Crosscut saws
18. The joining of two pieces by cutting the end of each piece by bisecting the angle at which they are joined.
Crosscut saws
Miter joint
Rabbet
Hacksaws
19. Saws designed to cut in the direction that is parallel to the wood grain.
Bench plane iron
Coping saw
Rip saws
Steel tapes
20. Horizontal or perpendicular to the force of gravity.
Compass saw
Claw hammer
Level
Plumb bob
21. Wood-boring bit with a piloting screw tip.
Auger bits
Trammel points
Bench plane iron
Flat bar
22. Tool used to outline a mortise butt hinges.
Drilling
Butt markers
Bench plane iron
Dado
23. Short hand saw with a tapered blade used to cut curves or irregular shapes.
Pocket tapes
Rabbet
Compass saw
Bench plane iron
24. Driving a fastener nearly perpendicular to the material surfacer.
Whet
Heel
Bench plane iron
Face nailing
25. A cut - partway through - and across the grain of lumber.
Level
Toenailing
Dado
Countersink
26. Tool used to drive nail heads below the surface.
Nail set
Nail claw
Carpenter's level
Bevel
27. Horizontal or perpendicular to the force of gravity.
Shark tooth saw
Twist drills
Plumb
Level
28. Interchangeable tips or various driving style heads.
Straight tin snips
Miter box
Screw driver bits
Combination square
29. Shearlike tool used for all purpose cutting of sheet metal.
Groove
Shingling hatchet
Straight tin snips
Chalk line
30. The cutting of the end of a piece at any angle other than a right angle.
Crosscut saws
Plumb
Flat bar
Miter
31. Nails driven diagonally to fasten the end of framing.
Drilling
Toenailing
Flat bar
Screw driver bits
32. Thinner version of a compass saw.
Hacksaws
Keyhole saw
Claw hammer
Steel tapes
33. All-purpose cutting tool - typically with a retractable blade.
Utility knife
Butt markers
Steel tapes
Bench plane
34. The forward end of tools - such as a handsaw and hand plane.
Clamps
Toe
Coping saw
Plumb bob
35. Measuring devices made of a steel self retracting tape.
Carpenter's level
Clamps
Groove
Pocket tapes
36. Cutting tools designed to cut across wood grain.
Straight tin snips
Crosscut saws
Combination square
Wrecking bar
37. Prying tool used to remove nails that have been driven all the way.
Nail claw
Keyhole saw
Block planes
Flat bar
38. Driving a fastener nearly perpendicular to the material surfacer.
Keyhole saw
Scribe
Dado
Face nailing
39. Tool designed to remove thin layers of material from various surfaces.
Expansive bit
Combination square
Hand scraper
Compass saw
40. Handsaw blade style with aggressive teeth that cut wood fast in both directions.
Compass saw
Drilling
Combination pliers
Shark tooth saw
41. String in a box with colored powder used to establish straight lines.
Aviation snips
Chalk line
Toe
Flat bar
42. Wrench with jaws that move to various widths by turning a screw.
Combination pliers
Adjustable wrench
Keyhole saw
Crosscut saws
43. Heavier (20-32 ounce) hammers used in framing.
Framing hammer
Bench plane iron
Heel
Flat bar
44. Nails driven diagonally to fasten the end of framing.
Trammel points
Toenailing
Heel
Crosscut saws
45. Tool used to drive nail heads below the surface.
Nail set
Drilling
Level
Face nailing
46. A lightweight hatchet with both a sharp blade and a heel that is used to apply wood shakes and shingles.
Keyhole saw
Straight tin snips
Shingling hatchet
Combination square
47. Vertical; at right angles to level.
Bevel
Dado
Plumb
Wrecking bar
48. Saws designed to cut in the direction that is parallel to the wood grain.
Rip saws
Wing dividers
Clamps
Compass saw
49. A cut - partway through - and running with the grain of lumber.
Level
Whet
Shark tooth saw
Groove
50. Hand saw designed to cut gypsum board.
Aviation snips
Screw driver bits
Groove
Wallboard saw