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Common Hand Tools

Subject : engineering
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1. Unit of measure used to describe the amount of pressure exerted (torque) to tighten a small object.






2. 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.






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






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






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






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






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

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






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






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






11. A cut or channel made by a saw.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. 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.






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






23. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. A tool used to remove nails.






32. 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.

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






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






35. 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.






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






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

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






39. A tool used to remove nails.






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






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






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






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






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






45. 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.






46. 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.






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






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






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






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