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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. Mycenaean dagger hammer Knife with a wooden handle and a Damascus steel blade featuring distinctive swirling patterns, displayed alongside leather sheaths and other knife handles. Illustration showing seven types of screws and screw heads in a row, including a cap screw, machine screw with oval head, setscrew with hollow head, self-tapping screw, flat-head wood screw, machine screw with Phillips head, and lag screw, each labeled beneath. Blacksmith's anvil bubble level power saw
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hand tools
Basic hand tools used in carpentry.
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Mycenaean dagger
Mycenaean dagger, bronze with gold, silver, and niello, 16th century bce....
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hammer
Hammer.
Michael Jastremski
Damascus steel
Knife blade made of Damascus steel.
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Screws and screw heads
Screws and screw heads (A) Cap screw, (B) machine screw with oval head,...
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Blacksmith's anvil
Blacksmith's anvil
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bubble level
The spirit, or bubble, level, a sealed glass tube containing alcohol and an air bubble,...
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power saw
A worker using a power saw to cut through metal. Many power tools are driven by electricity.
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