scribing awl
1scratch awl — noun a sharp pointed awl for marking wood or metal to be cut • Syn: ↑scriber, ↑scribe • Derivationally related forms: ↑scribe (for: ↑scribe), ↑scribe (for: ↑ …
2scratch awl — Carpentry. an awllike device for scribing wood. [1890 95] * * * …
3Beam compass — A beam compass is a compass with a beam and sliding sockets or cursors for drawing and dividing circles larger than those made by a regular pair of compasses.[1] The instrument can be as a whole, or made on the spot with individual sockets… …
4hand tool — any tool or implement designed for manual operation. * * * Introduction any of the implements used by craftsmen in manual operations, such as chopping, chiseling, sawing, filing, or forging. Complementary tools, often needed as auxiliaries to… …
5Tool — For other uses, see Tool (disambiguation). A modern toolbox. A tool is a device that can be used to produce an item or achieve a task, but that is not consumed in the process. Informally the word is also used to describe a procedure or process… …
6Compass (drafting) — This article is about the drafting instrument. For other uses, see Compass (disambiguation). A beam compass and a regular compass …
7Trammel (engineers) — An engineer s trammel is a device similar in shape to a plumb bob. It is used a compass pivot when scribing circles and ellipses. A trammel is often used by metalworkers and carpenters when marking out radii on a work piece from a blueprint when… …
