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Archaic Artificers’ Implements Lexicon
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  • 1. Heavy flat tool driving oakum into ship seams—a seal against Neptune’s claim.
  • 3. Mechanical fastening device that clamps workpieces, named after a serpent’s grip.
  • 4. Oblique cutting tool reminiscent of an axe but angled for hollowing wood.
  • 5. Rare term for a hammer used to dress stone surfaces, derived from old masonry jargon.
  • 8. File variant coarse enough to radically shape wood or metal before refinement.
  • 9. Adjective denoting iron content, vital in identifying traditional tool metals.
  • 10. Hammer variant crafted to avoid damaging surfaces, often wooden or rawhide.
  • 12. Interchangeable cutting tip for augers or braces, foundational yet often overlooked.
  • 14. Historic term related to property oversight but here mistranslated from a hand saw style.
  • 16. Carving gouge with a uniquely hooked blade, used by coopers and wheelwrights.
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  • 2. Pointed instrument used to pierce or scribe leather and wood, minimalist yet potent.
  • 6. Metalworkers’ tool for nibbling excess from lead or glass edges.
  • 7. Tool for cleaving wood along the grain, wielded with a mallet for shingles.
  • 11. Cranked hand tool that applies rotary force; the ancestor of modern drills.
  • 13. Woodworking tool infamous for making surfaces silky, deceptively simple name.
  • 15. Curved blade tool shaves spokes smooth – a wheelwright’s secret.
  • 17. Masonry hand tool that spreads mortar — indispensable in old wall work.
  • 18. Small hand drill for boring troubled timber, not to be confused with the drink.
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