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Screwdrivers (Top) Offset screwdriver; (middle) parts of a screwdriver; (bottom) Phillips-head screwdriver

Illustration showing labeled basic carpentry hand tools, including backsaw, handsaw, try square, miter box, claw hammer, screwdriver, brace and bits, metal smoothing plane, level, rasps, chisels, punches, pliers, gimlet, awl, and tape measure.

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