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Common Hand Tools

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






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






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






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






5. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. 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.






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






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


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






16. A steel too used to indent metal.






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






18. 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.


19. A cut or channel made by a saw.






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






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






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






23. 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.






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






25. 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.






26. A tool used to remove nails.






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






28. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. 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.


47. A steel too used to indent metal.






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






49. A tool used to remove nails.






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