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Common Hand Tools

Subject : engineering
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1. A claw hammer with a slightly rounded - or convex - face.






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






3. To damage the threads on a nut or bolt.






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






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






6. 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.






7. A square whose legs are fixed at a right angle.






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






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






10. 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.






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






12. 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.


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






14. A wench with an open end and a closed end.






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






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






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


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






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






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






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






22. 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.


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






24. 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.






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






26. 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.






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






28. a prying tool with a nail slot at the end to pull nails out in tightly enclosed areas. It can also be used as a small pry bar.






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






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






31. To damage the threads on a nut or bolt.






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






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






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






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






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






37. A steel too used to indent metal.






38. A tool used to remove nails.






39. A piece that projects out of wood or another material for the purpose of being placed into a hole or groove to form a joint.






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






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






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






43. A hammer with a flat striking face. The other end of the head is curved and divided into two claws to remove nails.






44. A piece that projects out of wood or another material for the purpose of being placed into a hole or groove to form a joint.






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






46. A scissor-shaped type of adjustable wrench equipped with jaws and teeth to grip objects.






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






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






49. A tool used to remove nails.






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