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Common Hand Tools

Subject : engineering
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1. A joint made by fastening together usually perpendicular parts with the ends cut at an angle.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. 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.






14. 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.






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






16. 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.






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






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






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






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






21. A tool used to remove nails.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. A cut or channel made by a saw.






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






32. A cut or channel made by a saw.






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






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






35. 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.






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






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


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 wench with an open end and a closed end.






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






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






42. 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.






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






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






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






46. 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






47. A tool used to remove nails.






48. A steel too used to indent metal.






49. 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.






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