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Common Hand Tools

Subject : engineering
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1. 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.






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






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






4. A cut or channel made by a saw.






5. 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.






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






7. A tool used to remove nails.






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






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






10. 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.






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






12. 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.






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






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






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






16. 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.


17. 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.






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






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






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






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






22. 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






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






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






25. 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.


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


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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. A steel too used to indent metal.






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






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






45. A cut or channel made by a saw.






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






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


48. 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.






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






50. A tool used to remove nails.