Woodworking hand tools Woodworking hand tools The tool known as the adze [pronounced adds] serves for smoothing rough-cut wood in hand woodworking. Generally, the user stands astride a board or log and swings the adze downwards towards their feet, chipping off a piece of wood, and walking backwards as they go, leaving a relatively smooth surface behind. However, in general usage, the adze can be used for other cutting operations. ...more on Wikipedia about "Adze"
An auger is a device for moving material or liquid by means of a rotating helical flighting. The material is moved along the axis of rotation. A drill bit uses this mechanism to remove shavings from a hole being drilled. For some uses the helical flighting is enclosed in a tube, for other uses the flighting is not encased. ...more on Wikipedia about "Auger"
The axe (or ax) is an ancient and ubiquitous tool that has been used for millennia to shape, split and cut wood, harvest timber, as a weapon and a ceremonial or heraldic symbol. The axe has many forms and specialized uses but generally consists of an axe head with a handle, or helve. ...more on Wikipedia about "Axe"
A Backsaw is any of several types of hand saws used in woodworking which have a stiffening rib on the edge opposite the cutting edge, allowing for better control and more precise cutting than with other types of saws. Backsaws are normally used for precise work, such as cutting dovetails, mitres, or tenons in cabinetry and joinery. Because the stiffener is thicker than the blade, the backsaws are limited in the depth to which they can cut. Backsaws usually have relatively closely-spaced teeth, often with little or no set. ...more on Wikipedia about "Backsaw"
The bow drill was used by ancient Sumerians and other groups to drill holes in pieces of wood, called fire boards, when creating glowing embers to start fires. The lower end of the drill spindle is placed onto the fire board, into which a hole is being drilled. The upper end stays in place by the exerted pressure of a person holding it with a block of wood with an indentation it, called the hand hold, or bearing block. The drill spindle is turned back and forth vigorously with the help of a bow, whose leather thong is wrapped around the spindle once or twice. If one presses the bearing block hard enough, the pieces stay aligned and the heat produced by friction will ignite nearby tinder. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bow drill"
A bow saw is a woodworking tool used for straight or curved cuts. It consists of a narrowed toothed blade suspended between two long narrow handles that are supported and separated by a narrow rod in the center of the handles, making an H shape. The blade in kept in tension with a twisted cord that is attached to the opposite ends of the handles. The cord is twisted with flat key attached to one loop of the cord. The key hits the center rod, which keeps the cord from untwisting. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bow saw"
A Brace or Brace and bit is a hand tool used to drill holes, usually in wood. Pressure is applied to the top and the tool is rotated with a U-shaped grip. ...more on Wikipedia about "Brace (tool)"
A broadaxe is a large headed axe. Usually one side is flat and the other side beveled, though sometimes both sides are beveled. With one bevel the handle may curve away from the flat side to allow a flush stroke when hewing a flat plane on a log. ...more on Wikipedia about "Broadaxe"
A Bucksaw is a hand saw generally used to cut logs or firewood to length (bucking). It usually has a metal frame ("H" or "C"-shaped) and a removable blade with coarse teeth held in tension by the frame. Lightweight portable or foldable models used for camping or back-packing are also available. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bucksaw"
:A caliper can refer to a component of a disc brake. This article is concerned with the measuring and layout tool. ...more on Wikipedia about "Caliper"
A card scraper (also known as a cabinet scraper) is a woodworking shaping and finishing tool. It is used to manually remove small amounts of material and excels in tricky grain areas where hand planes would cause tear out. Card scrapers are most suitable for working with hardwoods, and can be used instead of sandpaper. Many woodworkers argue that scraping produces a better surface than sanding. ...more on Wikipedia about "Card scraper"
A chisel is a tool for carving and/or cutting a hard material such as wood, stone, or metal. A chisel, typically made of hardened or tempered steel, or more rarely, common steel, consists of a sharpened end (called the blade) attached to a straight handle. The handle and blade of some types of chisels are made in one piece. ...more on Wikipedia about "Chisel"
A clamp is a device to hold or secure an object, to prevent it from moving. In the United Kingdom and Australia, the term cramp is often used in place of clamp when the tool is for temporary use in positioning components in construction and woodworking; thus a G cramp or a sash cramp but a wheel clamp or a surgical clamp. ...more on Wikipedia about "Clamp (tool)"
A claw hammer is used by carpenters and other trades, mainly to nail or to remove nails from wood. It has one flat face for hammering nails into wood, with the second having two claws, or a single claw with a vee shaped slot in it. The hammer claw is placed over a partially inserted nail, which fits into the vee slot. The outer face of the claw is often curved; the handle of the hammer is used as a lever to 'roll' the head along this curved face and pull the nail out of the wood. ...more on Wikipedia about "Claw hammer"
A combination square is a tool used for multiple purposes. The Square refers to the primary use of the tool: measuring the accuracy of a right angle (90°). ...more on Wikipedia about "Combination square"
In woodworking and carpentry, a coping saw is a type of hand-powered saw used to cut intricate shapes and interior cutouts. It is widely used to cut moldings to create "coped" rather than miter joints. It is also occasionally used to create fretwork. A coping saw consists of a very thin blade stretched between the ends of a C- shaped frame, to which the handle is attached. The blade is easily removed from this frame, so that it can be passed through a drilled hole in the middle of a piece of wood, reattached, and start cutting from the middle of the piece. ...more on Wikipedia about "Coping saw"
A crosscut saw is a saw that is specially designed for making crosscuts. Such cuts are made in woodworking, a type of cut made approximately at a right angle to the direction of the wood grain. When cutting a standing tree down, if the cut is made across the trunk, this is a crosscut, but the term also applies to cutting free lumber. ...more on Wikipedia about "Crosscut saw"
A crowbar is a tool consisting of a metal bar with one curved end and flattened points, often with a small fissure on the curved end for removing nails. It is used as a lever to either force apart two objects or to remove nails. Crowbars are commonly used to open nailed wooden boxes. Another common use for larger crowbars is general demolition: for removing nails, prying apart boards, and generally smashing things. ...more on Wikipedia about "Crowbar (tool)"
A drawknife is a woodworking tool used to shape wood. It consists of two handles with a narrow blade in between. The handles may be inline with the blade or offset. Although it is called a drawknife, it can also be used with a push-stroke. The blade is sharpened with a chisel grind. Large sizes can be used to dress logs, and small sizes for carving and shaving. It can be used to remove large slices of wood, or can shave like a plane. Since the blade is narrow, it can be used on concave or convex curves. A Spokeshave is used instead for more controlled cuts. ...more on Wikipedia about "Drawknife"
A drill is a tool with a rotating drill bit used for drilling holes in various materials. Drills are commonly used in woodworking and metalworking. ...more on Wikipedia about "Drill"
A file is a hand tool consisting of a steel shaft whose surface is cut with sharp parallel ridges made by a chisel before the file is hardened. It is used to smooth or cut materials by abrasion. The tool is usually fitted in a handle. ...more on Wikipedia about "File (tool)" Good to know http://www.shortopedia.com.
Framing hammers are larger claw hammers used for framing houses in North America. The hammer heads typically weigh from 20 to 32 ounces (567 to 907 grams). Heavy heads, longer handles and milled faces allow for driving large nails quickly into 2x material. ...more on Wikipedia about "Framing hammer"
A Framing Slick is a large chisel, a tool that one typically uses to cut a mortise in wood in timber frame construction. ...more on Wikipedia about "Framing Slick"
A froe is cleaving tool having a heavy blade set at right angles to the handle, used for woodworking. ...more on Wikipedia about "Froe"
A gimlet is a hand tool for drilling small holes, mainly in wood. It was defined in Gwilt's Architecture (1859) as "a piece of steel of a semi-cylindrical form, hollow on one side, having a cross handle at one end and a worm or screw at the other". ...more on Wikipedia about "Gimlet"
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