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A nest box, also spelled nestbox, is a man-made enclosure provided for animals to nest in. Nest boxes are most frequently utilized for birds, in which case they are also called birdhouses or a birdbox/bird box, but some mammals such as bats may also use them. Placing nestboxes or roosting boxes may also be used to help maintain populations of ...
This category is for measuring and marking instruments used in woodworking, cabinet making, joinery, and carpentry. Subcategories This category has only the following subcategory.
For stationary machinery used for woodworking, see Category:Woodworking machines. Subcategories This category has the following 6 subcategories, out of 6 total.
A brace is a hand tool used with a bit (drill bit or auger) to drill holes, usually in wood. Pressure is applied to the top while the handle is rotated. If the bit's lead and cutting spurs are both in good working order, the user should not have to apply any pressure other than for balance: the lead will pull the bit through the wood.
It has been featured on an episode of The New Yankee Workshop [4] and is the subject of a May 1993 article in Taunton's Fine Woodworking and a popular wall poster. [2] When closed and hanging on a wall it takes up an area of approximately 39 inches by 20 inches with a 9 inch depth. [2] It opens to become a 40-inch by 40-inch tool chest.
Another theory is that the chest was temporarily hidden at the water's edge. [2] The chest contained Viking-era blacksmithing and woodworking tools. It also contained several products of such work, including elements of several locks. [7] The chest and its contents provide a valuable insight into technology during the Viking Age.
A wide array of edge and boring tools provides a broad survey of hand tool-making from prehistory to today. Writing in The Times, Huon Mallalieu encapsulated the function of the book: "Over the past 35 years [David Russell] has amassed probably the world’s largest collection of antique woodworking tools from the Stone Age to the 20th century ...
The clamp is opened to insert the tool and then tightened down against the tool to secure it. This type of tap wrench is used with larger taps and where there is room to turn a larger wrench. [1] A T-handle is more compact. This type of wrench uses a collet to secure the tool. The collet design has two pieces: a threaded "nosecap" and four ...