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Common Hand Tools

Subject : engineering
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1. A device such as a bolt - clasp - hook - or lock used to attach or secure one material to another.






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


3. A steel too used to indent metal.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. A tool used to remove nails.






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. 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.






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






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






21. 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.






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






23. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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


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






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






39. 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.






40. 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.


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






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






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






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






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 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.






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






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






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






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