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Carpentry Hand Tools

Subjects : industries, carpentry
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1. Laying out woodwork to fit against on irregular surface.






2. Hand saw designed to cut gypsum board.






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






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






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






6. Tool used to outline a mortise butt hinges.






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






8. Cutting portion of a bench plane.






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






10. General purpose prying tool with flattened claws.






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






12. A square tool with a sliding blade.






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






14. Horizontal or perpendicular to the force of gravity.






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






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






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






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






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






20. Thinner version of a compass saw.






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






22. Saws designed to cut metal.






23. Thinner version of a compass saw.






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






25. Saws designed to cut metal.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. Vertical; at right angles to level.






40. Horizontal or perpendicular to the force of gravity.






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






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






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






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






45. Cutting tools designed to cut across wood grain.






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






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






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






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






50. Vertical; at right angles to level.