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Carpentry Hand Tools

Subjects : industries, carpentry
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1. Saws designed to cut in the direction that is parallel to the wood grain.






2. Pliers with adjustable jaws.






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






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






5. Cutting tools designed to cut across wood grain.






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






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






8. Thinner version of a compass saw.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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


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






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






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






19. Cutting portion of a bench plane.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. A square tool with a sliding blade.






35. Saws designed to cut metal.






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






37. Interchangeable tips or various driving style heads.






38. Tool used to outline a mortise butt hinges.






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






40. Tool used to temporarily hold material together.






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






42. Tool used to outline a mortise butt hinges.






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






44. Horizontal or perpendicular to the force of gravity.






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






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






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






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






49. Horizontal or perpendicular to the force of gravity.






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