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Common Hand Tools

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






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






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






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 tool used to remove nails.






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






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






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






9. 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.






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






11. 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






12. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. 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.






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






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. 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.






25. A tool used to remove nails.






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






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






28. A nonadjustable wrench with an opening at each end that determines the size of the wrench.






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






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






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






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






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






34. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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

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42. A steel too used to indent metal.






43. 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.






44. A nonadjustable wrench with an opening at each end that determines the size of the wrench.






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






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






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






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






49. A steel too used to indent metal.






50. A cut or channel made by a saw.