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Common Hand Tools

Subject : engineering
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1. Metal handle-end of a file. The tang fits into a wooden or plastic file handle.






2. 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.






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






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


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






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






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






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






9. 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.






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






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






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






13. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. 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.






21. A cut or channel made by a saw.






22. A tool used to remove nails.






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






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






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






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






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






28. 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






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






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






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






33. A tool used to remove nails.






34. A steel too used to indent metal.






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






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






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






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






39. 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.


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






41. 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.






42. 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






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






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






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






46. 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.






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






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






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






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