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Carpentry Hand Tools

Subjects : industries, carpentry
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1. All-purpose cutting tool - typically with a retractable blade.






2. A square tool with a sliding blade.






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. Saws designed to cut metal.






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






11. Tool used to outline a mortise butt hinges.






12. Vertical; at right angles to level.






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






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






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






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






17. 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.






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






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






20. Horizontal or perpendicular to the force of gravity.






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






22. Tool used to outline a mortise butt hinges.






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






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






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






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






27. Horizontal or perpendicular to the force of gravity.






28. Interchangeable tips or various driving style heads.






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






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






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






32. Thinner version of a compass saw.






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






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






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






36. Cutting tools designed to cut across wood grain.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. Vertical; at right angles to level.






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






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






50. Hand saw designed to cut gypsum board.