Answer Key for Woodworking Tool Game
(for best results, print the Woodworking Tools Matching Game pages on business card paper and laminate;
have students research and match the names, descriptions, and photographs)
cabbage
maul
froe
Used like a hammer to pound wedges into the log
Used to rive shingles
wooden
wedge
Several different sizes of this were used to further
split the log by driving into the log, then moving
down the log to do the same thing, increasing
the size of the tool as the split gets larger
metal
wedge
Used to begin the process of splitting wood by
being pounded into the log
drawknife
Used to strip bark off of log
saw
Used to cut straight pieces of wood
foot adze
Used to smooth floors
cant hook
Used to move logs
broad axe
Beveled edge used to help with chipping the bark
off the log. One side of the blade is flat, this goes
next to the log, so the beveled edge helps to chip
the bark away.
regular axe
Used to cut down trees