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  2. X-Acto - Wikipedia

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    An X-Acto knife equipped with a "Number 2" blade Parts of an X-Acto knife from left to right: (1) handle, (2) collar, (3) collet, (4) blade. An X-Acto knife is a blade mounted on a pen-like aluminum body. A knurled collar loosens and tightens an aluminum collet with one slot, which holds a replaceable blade.

  3. Husky (tool brand) - Wikipedia

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    Husky is a line of hand tools, pneumatic tools, and tool storage products. Though founded in 1924, it is now best known as the house brand of The Home Depot , where it is exclusively sold. Its hand tools are manufactured for Home Depot by Western Forge , Apex Tool Group , and Iron Bridge Tools. [ 1 ]

  4. Jack plane - Wikipedia

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    Two carpenters using a jack plane. Wood shavings are visible in the foreground. Jack planes are typically 12–18 inches (300–460 mm) long and 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 –3 inches (64–76 mm) wide, with wooden planes sometimes being slightly wider. The blade is 1 + 2 ⁄ 4 – 2 + 1 ⁄ 4 inches (38–57 mm) wide. [1]

  5. Chisel - Wikipedia

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    A sharp wood chisel in combination with a forstner wood drill bit is used to form this mortise for a half-lap joint in a timber frame. Parts of a wood chisel. Woodworking chisels range from small hand tools for tiny details, to large chisels used to remove big sections of wood, in 'roughing out' the shape of a pattern or design.

  6. Hand saw - Wikipedia

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    Wood fibers are contacted by the teeth and 'ripped' apart from the bundle of other fibers. It is common that people do not recognize the difference and use saws both ways. [ citation needed ] However, a rip saw is much faster than a cross-cut saw when cutting with the grain but leaves a very rough cut, often with splinters on the surface, and ...

  7. Pointing machine - Wikipedia

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    Workshop of the Strasbourg cathedral A computer controlled router carving a sculpture from a block of marble 15th Century measuring device with plumb-bobs. A pointing machine is a measuring tool used by stone sculptors and woodcarvers to accurately copy plaster, clay or wax sculpture models into wood or stone. In essence the device is a ...

  8. Adze - Wikipedia

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    They are used for smoothing or carving wood in hand woodworking, and as a hoe for agriculture and horticulture. Two basic forms of an adze are the hand adze (short hoe)—a short-handled tool swung with one hand—and the foot adze (hoe)—a long-handled tool capable of powerful swings using both hands, the cutting edge usually striking at foot ...

  9. Kitchen knife indentation - Wikipedia

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    Knife indentation is done away from the edge of a kitchen knife.A knife most simply has either a rectangular or wedge-shaped cross-section (sabre-grind v.flat-grind, but may also have concave indentations or hollows, whose purpose is to reduce adhesion of the food to the blade, so producing a cleaner and easier cut.