Glossary
Hand Cutter Terms & Vocabulary
15 essential hand cutter terms with plain-English definitions: the vocabulary you’ll hear in training and on day one.
Key hand cutter vocabulary
These 15 terms come up constantly in hand cutter training, on the job and in interviews. Knowing them helps you follow instructions, document accurately and sound prepared.
- Bevel
- Angled cut.
- Blade change
- Replacing a blade.
- Clean edge
- Smooth cut.
- Cut glove
- Protective glove.
- Durometer
- Rubber hardness.
- First article
- First part checked before a run.
- Flash
- Excess material.
- Gasket
- Seal.
- Lockout/tagout
- Energy isolation before servicing.
- PPE
- Personal protective equipment.
- Scrap
- Parts that fail inspection.
- SOP
- Standard operating procedure.
- Template
- Cutting guide.
- Tolerance
- Allowed variation.
- Trim line
- Where to cut.
Practice these terms
Test yourself with the free Hand Cutter practice test: it includes vocabulary questions built from this list. For a complete course, see Hand Cutter training.
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