“A carpenter struggles to saw through a wooden log. Perhaps the carpenter needs to clean the rusty saw!”
More Saw Vocabulary:
Carpentry is the activity or occupation of making or repairing things in wood.
A person whose occupation is carpentry is known as a carpenter.
- Chisel (noun): A tool used for cutting and shaping wood.
- Dovetail (verb): To join two pieces of wood together with interlocking notches.
- Dowel (noun): A cylindrical piece of wood used to join two pieces of wood together.
- Plane (noun): A tool used for smoothing and shaping wood.
- Precise (adjective): Accurate and exact.
- Rasp (noun): A tool used for shaping and smoothing wood.
- Refined (adjective): Neatly and carefully made.
- Robust (adjective): Strong and durable.
- Sandpaper (noun): A material used for smoothing wood.
Here are some different types of saws that a carpenter may use:
- Chainsaw – A saw with a motor-driven chain that moves round the edge of a blade
- Circular saw – A power saw with a rotating toothed disc
- Hacksaw – A saw with a narrow blade set inside a frame
- Hand saw – A saw used with one hand for cutting wood
- Jigsaw – A machine saw with a fine blade that can cut curved lines in a sheet of wood (or other material)
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