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| Fastener | A device such as a bolt, clasp, hook, or lock used to attach or secure one material to another. |
| Bell-faced hammer | A claw hammer with a slightly rounded, or convex, face. |
| Carpenter's Square | A flat, steel square commonly used in carpentry. |
| Allen wrench | A hexagonal steel bar that is bent to form a right angle. Also called a hex key wrench. |
| Crescent wrench | A smooth-jawed adjustable wrench used for turning nuts, bolts, and pipe fittings. |
| Level | Perfectly horizontal; completely flat; a tool used to determine if an object is level. |
| Bevel | To cut on a slant at an angle that is not a right angle (90 degrees). The angle or inclination of a line or surface that meets another at any angle but 90 degrees.= |
| Combination wrench | A wrench with an open end and a closed end. |
| Cat's paw | A straight steel rod with a curved claw at one end that is used to pull nails that have been driven flush with the surface of the wood or slightly below it. |
| Combination square | An adjustable carpenter’s tool consisting of a steel rule that slides through an adjustable head. |
| Box-end wrench | A wrench, usually double-ended, that has a closed socket that fits over the head of a bolt. |
| Claw hammer | A hammer with a flat striking face. The other end of the head is curved and divided into two claws to remove nails. |
| Flat bar | A prying tool with a nail slot at the end to pull nails out in tightly enclosed areas. It can also be used as a small pry bar. |
| Ball peen hammer | A hammer with a flat face that is used to strike cold chisels and punches. The rounded end—the peen—is used to bend and shape soft metal. |
| Chisel | A metal tool with a sharpened, beveled edge used to cut and shape wood, stone, or metal. |
