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Carpentry Hand Tools

Subjects : industries, carpentry
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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. The forward end of tools - such as a handsaw and hand plane.






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






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






5. Horizontal or perpendicular to the force of gravity.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. Pliers with adjustable jaws.






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






17. Hand saw designed to cut gypsum board.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. Tool used to temporarily hold material together.






30. Cutting portion of a bench plane.






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






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






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

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






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






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






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






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






39. Saws designed to cut metal.






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






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






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






43. Cutting portion of a bench plane.






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






45. Vertical; at right angles to level.






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






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






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






49. Hand saw designed to cut gypsum board.






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