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Common Hand Tools

Subject : engineering
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1. perfectly horizontal; completely flat; also - a tool used to determine if an object is level.






2. A tool with a claw at each end - commonly used to pull nails.






3. Perfectly vertical; the surface is at a right angle (90 degrees) to the horizon or floor and does not bow out at the top or bottom.






4. Perfectly vertical; the surface is at a right angle (90 degrees) to the horizon or floor and does not bow out at the top or bottom.






5. A hammer with a flat face that is used to strike cold chisels and punches. The rounded end - the peen- is used to bend and shape sort metal






6. A claw hammer with a slightly rounded - or convex - face.






7. A joint made by fastening together usually perpendicular parts with the ends cut at an angle.






8. A device such as a bolt - clasp - hook - or lock used to attach or secure one material to another.






9. The point where members or the edges of members are joined. the types of welding joints are butt joint - corner joint - and T-joint.






10. A non-adjustable wrench with an enclosed - circular opening designed to lock on to the fastener when the wrench is struck.






11. The straight sides or jaws of a wrench opening. Also - the sides on a nut or bolt head.






12. Exactly adjusted; any piece of material sawed of cut to be rectangle with equal dimensions on all sides; a tool used to check angles.






13. A pin - usually round - that fits into a corresponding hole to fasten or align two pieces.






14. The turning or twisting force applied to an object - such as a nut - bolt - or screw - using a socket wrench or screwdriver to tighten it. Torque is measured in inch-pounds or foot-pounds.






15. A wrench for gripping and turning a pipe or pipe-shaped object; it tightens when turned in one direction.






16. An adjustable carpenter's tool consisting of a steel rule that slides through an adjustable head.






17. A hammer with a flat face that is used to strike cold chisels and punches. The rounded end - the peen- is used to bend and shape sort metal






18. The process of bending - shaping - or cutting material by striking it with a tool.






19. To heat or fuse two or more pieces of metal so that the finished pieces of metal so that the finished piece is as strong as the original; a welded joint.






20. Describing a surface made smooth by using a tool called a plane.






21. A device such as a bolt - clasp - hook - or lock used to attach or secure one material to another.






22. The straight sides or jaws of a wrench opening. Also - the sides on a nut or bolt head.






23. To cut slant at an angle that is not a right angle (90 degrees). The angle or inclination of a line or surface that meets another at any angle but 90 degrees.






24. perfectly horizontal; completely flat; also - a tool used to determine if an object is level.






25. An adjustable carpenter's tool consisting of a steel rule that slides through an adjustable head.






26. Treated with heat to create or restore hardness in steal.






27. A tool with a claw at each end - commonly used to pull nails.






28. A wrench - usually double-ended - that has a closed socket that fits over the head of a bolt.






29. A hexagonal steel bar that is bent to form a right angle. Often referred to as an Allen wrench






30. A cut or channel made by a saw.






31. A cut or channel made by a saw.






32. A straight steel rod with a curved claw at one end that is used to pull nails that have been driven flush with the surface of the wood or slightly blow it.


33. Unit of measure used to describe the amount of pressure exerted (torque) to tighten a small object.






34. Exactly adjusted; any piece of material sawed of cut to be rectangle with equal dimensions on all sides; a tool used to check angles.






35. A smooth jawed adjustable wrench used for turning nuts - bolts - and pipe fittings. Often refered to as a Cresent wrench






36. A tool used to remove nails.






37. A metal tool with a sharpened - beveled edge used to cut and shape wood - stone - or metal.






38. A tool used to remove nails.






39. A steel too used to indent metal.






40. A tool used for heavy-duty dismantling of wood work - such as tearing apart building frames or concrete forms.






41. A joint made by fastening together usually perpendicular parts with the ends cut at an angle.






42. A steel too used to indent metal.






43. A flat - steel square commonly used in carpentry.


44. A non-adjustable wrench with an enclosed - circular opening designed to lock on to the fastener when the wrench is struck.






45. A claw hammer with a slightly rounded - or convex - face.






46. To smooth out threads or edges on a screw or nut.






47. A straight steel rod with a curved claw at one end that is used to pull nails that have been driven flush with the surface of the wood or slightly blow it.


48. Teeth on the gripping part of a wrench. Also refers to the number of teeth per inch on a handsaw.






49. Metal handle-end of a file. The tang fits into a wooden or plastic file handle.






50. A type of carpenter's square made of cast aluminum that combines a protractor - try square - and framing square.