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Common Hand Tools

Subject : engineering
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1. A type of carpenter's square made of cast aluminum that combines a protractor - try square - and framing square.






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






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






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






5. 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.






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






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






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






9. A cut or channel made by a saw.






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






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






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






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






14. A tool used to remove nails.






15. 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.






16. 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.






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






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






19. 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






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. 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.






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






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






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






25. A cut or channel made by a saw.






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






27. 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.


28. 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.


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






30. A steel too used to indent metal.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. A tool used to remove nails.






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






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






41. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. 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.