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Carpentry Hand Tools

Subjects : industries, carpentry
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1. Wood-boring bit with a piloting screw tip.






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






3. Cutting tools designed to cut across wood grain.






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. Interchangeable tips or various driving style heads.






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






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






13. Pliers with adjustable jaws.






14. Tool with sharp points that is clamped to a strip of wood to lay out arcs.






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






16. Tool with sharp points that is clamped to a strip of wood to lay out arcs.






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






18. 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.






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






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






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






22. Tool used to outline a mortise butt hinges.






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






24. Hand saw designed to cut gypsum board.






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






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






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






28. General purpose prying tool with flattened claws.






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






30. Tool used to temporarily hold material together.






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






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






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






34. Saws designed to cut metal.






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






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






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






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






39. Thinner version of a compass saw.






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






41. Cutting portion of a bench plane.






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






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






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






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






46. A square tool with a sliding blade.






47. Tool used to temporarily hold material together.






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






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






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