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Common Hand Tools

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






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






3. 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.






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






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






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






7. 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.


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






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






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






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






12. 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.






13. 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.






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






15. 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.






16. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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


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






29. 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.






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






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






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






33. 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.






34. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. A cut or channel made by a saw.






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






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






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






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






46. A steel too used to indent metal.






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






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






49. 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.


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.