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Common Hand Tools

Subject : engineering
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1. A claw hammer with a slightly rounded - or convex - face.






2. 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.






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






4. 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






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






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 flat - steel square commonly used in carpentry.


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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. A cut or channel made by a saw.






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






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






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






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






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






22. 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.






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






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






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






26. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. A tool used to remove nails.






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






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






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






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






43. A steel too used to indent metal.






44. A tool used to remove nails.






45. A steel too used to indent metal.






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






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






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






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






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