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Carpentry Hand Tools

Subjects : industries, carpentry
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The sloping edge or side of a piece for which the angle formed by the slope is not a right angle.






2. Thinner version of a compass saw.






3. 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.






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






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






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






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






8. Pliers with adjustable jaws.






9. Cutting portion of a bench plane.






10. Saws designed to cut metal.






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






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






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






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






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






16. Interchangeable tips or various driving style heads.






17. Horizontal or perpendicular to the force of gravity.






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






19. Tool used to outline a mortise butt hinges.






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






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






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






23. 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.






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






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






26. A square tool with a sliding blade.






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






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






29. Tool used to temporarily hold material together.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. Tool used to outline a mortise butt hinges.






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. Hand saw designed to cut gypsum board.






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






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






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






48. Pliers with adjustable jaws.






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






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