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Common Hand Tools

Subject : engineering
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1. A wench with an open end and a closed end.






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






4. 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.






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






6. 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






7. A cut or channel made by a saw.






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






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






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






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






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






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. 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.






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






16. 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






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






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






19. A cut or channel made by a saw.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. A steel too used to indent metal.






29. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. A steel too used to indent metal.






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






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






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






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






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






43. 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.






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






45. 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.


46. 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.






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






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






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






50. A tool used to remove nails.