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Common Hand Tools

Subject : engineering
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1. A metal tool with a sharpened - beveled edge used to cut and shape wood - stone - or metal.






2. 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.






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






4. 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.






5. 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.


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






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






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






9. 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






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






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






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






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






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






15. 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.






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






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






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






19. 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.






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






21. A tool used to remove nails.






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






23. 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.






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






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






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






27. 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.






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






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






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






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






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


33. 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.






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






35. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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


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






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






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






45. A cut or channel made by a saw.






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






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






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






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






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