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Common Hand Tools

Subject : engineering
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1. A wrench - usually double-ended - that has a closed socket that fits over the head of a bolt.






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. A flat - steel square commonly used in carpentry.


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






5. A steel too used to indent metal.






6. 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.






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






8. 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.






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






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






11. 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.


12. 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.






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






14. A cut or channel made by a saw.






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






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






17. 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.


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






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






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






21. 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.






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






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






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






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






26. 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.






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






28. A steel too used to indent metal.






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. 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.






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






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






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


49. 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






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