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






3. 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.






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






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 tool used to remove nails.






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






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






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






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






13. 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.






14. 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.


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. A flat - steel square commonly used in carpentry.


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






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






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






21. A cut or channel made by a saw.






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






23. A tool used to remove nails.






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






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






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






27. 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.






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. To damage the threads on a nut or bolt.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. 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.






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






39. 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.






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






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






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






43. 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.






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






45. 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.






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






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






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






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






50. A cut or channel made by a saw.