Vocabulary: Power Tools

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Belt sander

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a two-handed electric sanding tool with a looped strip of sandpaper

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Carbide-tipped

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refers to cutting tools that have small, extremely hard pieces of carbide steel welded to the tips

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Chamfer

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a beveled edge, such as that machined between the face side and edges of strip flooring prior to finishing to obscure any unevenness after installation

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Cordless nailing gun

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tool that drives fasteners by use of a fuel cell instead of air pressure

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Dovetail

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a type of interlocking joint resembling the shape of a dove’s tail

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Grit

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material of sandpaper that actually provides the sanding action

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Hammer-drills

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electric drilling tools that also provide an impact action to speed drilling holes in masonry

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Hole saws

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drills that cut with saw teeth along its perimeter

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Jigsaw

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a small hand-held electric saw that cuts with a stroking action

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Jointer plane

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largest of the bench planes used to finish wood by removing thin strips of wood

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Laminate

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a thin layer of plastic often used as a finished surface for countertops

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Laminate trimmer

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small router used to cut and fit plastic laminate in cabinet making

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Magazine

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a container in power nailers and staplers in which the fasteners to be ejected are placed

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Masonry drill bits

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drill bits with a carbide tip designed primarily to drill masonry products

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Nailers

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general term use to describe power tools used to drive nails

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Pneumatic

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powered by compressed air

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Powder-actuated drivers

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tool that uses gunpowder to drive fasteners into metal and masonry

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Reciprocating saw

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general term used to describe saws that cut in a back-and-forth or stroking motion

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Ripping

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sawing lumber in the direction of the grain

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Router

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hand-held electric tool used to shape material with high spinning cutters

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Screwguns

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electric drills with a special nose piece to drive wallboard screws to an exact depth

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Skilsaw

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general term use to describe portable electric circular saws

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Staplers

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tools that drive U-shaped fasteners by either squeezing a spring-loaded lever or swinging like a hammer

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Stapling guns

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tools that drive U-shaped fasteners by use of power provided by electricity, air pressure, or a fuel cell

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Taper

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becoming thinner from one end to the other

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Template

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a pattern or a guide for cutting or drilling

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Bevel ripping

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term used to describe cutting wood with the grain and at an angle

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Carbide blade

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see Tungsten carbide-tipped blade

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Combination blade

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circular saw blade designed to cut across and with wood grain

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Crosscut

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a cut made across the grain of lumber

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Crosscut circular saw blade

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saw blade designed to cut best when cutting across wood grain

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Feather boards

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guide tool used to secure material against a fence while it is being fed into stationary power tools

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High-speed steel blade

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saw blade with no carbide cutting tip

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Miter gauge

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a guide used on the table saw for making miters and square ends

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Power miter saw

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tool used to cut trim material at various angles

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Radial arm saw

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older style of stationary saw used for crosscuting and ripping

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Rip fence

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guide tool used to support and maintain a straight cut in material being cut on by stationary power tools

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Ripsaw blade

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saw blade designed to cut best when cutting with the grain of the wood

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Table saw

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stationary circular power saw with a large bed or table

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Taper ripping jig

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a wide board with the length and amount of taper cut out of one edge that is used to cut tapered pieces

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Tungsten carbide-tipped blade

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a wood-cutting blade tipped in tungsten carbide, a material used to make cutting edges stay sharper longer