Tools
A tool that uses a rotating bit to make holes in materials like wood, metal, plastic, and masonry, or to drive screws and fasteners.
Power Drill
A bolt with a threaded end used to secure materials to concrete or masonry
Anchor Bolt
The process of shortening a board to length by cutting across wood fibers (or against the grain).
Cross Cutting
Large dimensional lumber used to support the flooring platform
Floor Joist
Exactly perpendicular or vertical; at right angles to the floor
Plumb
A long-handled tool designed for rapid, high-impact tasks such as framing, roofing, and building concrete forms. It typically features a 20- to 32-ounce head, a "waffle" or textured face for gripping nails, and a straight claw for prying apart lumber.
Framing Hammer
One of the most commonly used engineered wood products, it is made by gluing together several thin layers of wood veneer.
Plywood
Nailing at an angle or slant in one framing member and driving it through into a second, often accompanied by a nail driven at the opposite angle from the other side of the workpiece.
Toenailing
An interior wall that is non-load-bearing constructed to divide space.
Partition / Interior Partition
A piece of wood or other material attached to a wall, roof rafters, or other assembly to add strength and keep the building straight
Brace
A weight, usually with a pointed tip on the bottom, suspended from a string and used as a vertical direction as a reference line.
Plumb Bob
Short 2x4 or 2x6 blocks nailed to corner studs
Spacer Blocks
A wall-frame system where the studs are in one piece from the foundation to the roof, and the second-story floor joists are nailed to the sides of the studs.
Balloon Framing
A load bearing beam at the roof peak that supports the roof members and transfers loads downward.
Ridge Board
Using small units of lumber in framing to strengthen center studs horizontally
Blocking
A pair of clippers for cutting sheet metal or other thing metals.
Tin Snips
What trade would usually use gypsum board (a.k.a. drywall or plasterboard)?
Carpentry
Galvanized screws would be used primarily in what kind of wood?
Pressure-treated wood
A stud that supports the header for a wall opening.
Jack Stud / Trimmer Stud
Refers to a surface crack within the board, usually running lengthwise; usually caused by lumber drying too quickly.
Checks
Coping Saw
Lumber that is chemically treated to resist rot, insects, and moisture; more durable than untreated lumber but may have a greenish tint due to the preservatives used.
Pressure-Treated Lumber
A wall-frame system where the studs are constructed one story at a time with the floor joists set onto the top of the wall below to serve as the base for the next-higher wall section
Platform Framing
A roof where all sides slope downwards to the walls; i.e., a roof the rises by inclined planes from all four sides of a building.
Hip Roof
A type of roof which has a single-sloping surface that typically connects a lower wall to a higher wall.
Shed Roof