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Common Hand Tools

Subject : engineering
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1. A wench with an open end and a closed end.






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






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






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






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






6. A steel too used to indent metal.






7. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. A cut or channel made by a saw.






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






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






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






19. 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.






20. A tool used to remove nails.






21. A tool used to remove nails.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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


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






33. 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.






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






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






36. 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.






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






38. 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.






39. 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






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






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


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






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






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






45. 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.






46. A cut or channel made by a saw.






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






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






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






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