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Common Hand Tools
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Subject
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engineering
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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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.
level
Combination square
Chisel bar
square
2. 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.
striking or slugging wrench
punch
tenon
peening
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.
Claw Hammer
Ball peen hammer
torque
Flat bar
4. A wrench - usually double-ended - that has a closed socket that fits over the head of a bolt.
pliers
Bevel
Box-end wrench
round off
5. A pin - usually round - that fits into a corresponding hole to fasten or align two pieces.
Combination wrench
Claw Hammer
Dowel
Ball peen hammer
6. To damage the threads on a nut or bolt.
Joint
Dowel
Combination square
strip
7. 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.
tenon
ripping bar
Bell-faced hammer
strip
8. The process of bending - shaping - or cutting material by striking it with a tool.
ripping bar
Dowel
Box-end wrench
peening
9. Metal handle-end of a file. The tang fits into a wooden or plastic file handle.
Chisel
tang
ripping bar
try square
10. Exactly adjusted; any piece of material sawed of cut to be rectangle with equal dimensions on all sides; a tool used to check angles.
strip
square
Ball peen hammer
Hex key wrench
11. perfectly horizontal; completely flat; also - a tool used to determine if an object is level.
plumb
points
tenon
level
12. 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.
13. Metal handle-end of a file. The tang fits into a wooden or plastic file handle.
striking or slugging wrench
tang
Inch-pounds
points
14. A type of carpenter's square made of cast aluminum that combines a protractor - try square - and framing square.
ripping bar
square
Claw Hammer
rafter angle square
15. A hammer with a flat striking face. The other end of the head is curved and divided into two claws to remove nails.
Cat's paw
Claw Hammer
Kerf
peening
16. A steel too used to indent metal.
punch
square
torque
Inch-pounds
17. A metal tool with a sharpened - beveled edge used to cut and shape wood - stone - or metal.
Chisel
nail puller
tenon
tenon
18. Describing a surface made smooth by using a tool called a plane.
planed
Open-end wrench
Adjustable end wrench
weld
19. A nonadjustable wrench with an opening at each end that determines the size of the wrench.
Combination square
Open-end wrench
square
pipe wrench
20. 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.
tang
strip
Inch-pounds
Flat bar
21. Teeth on the gripping part of a wrench. Also refers to the number of teeth per inch on a handsaw.
Flats
Chisel
tenon
points
22. A metal tool with a sharpened - beveled edge used to cut and shape wood - stone - or metal.
Combination square
Inch-pounds
Chisel
rafter angle square
23. An adjustable carpenter's tool consisting of a steel rule that slides through an adjustable head.
tempered
Combination wrench
Claw Hammer
Combination square
24. The straight sides or jaws of a wrench opening. Also - the sides on a nut or bolt head.
Joint
Flats
peening
ripping bar
25. A square whose legs are fixed at a right angle.
try square
Bell-faced hammer
pliers
punch
26. A joint made by fastening together usually perpendicular parts with the ends cut at an angle.
Flats
Flat bar
pipe wrench
miter joint
27. A pin - usually round - that fits into a corresponding hole to fasten or align two pieces.
Dowel
punch
Bevel
miter joint
28. To damage the threads on a nut or bolt.
Claw Hammer
torque
strip
Open-end wrench
29. A wrench - usually double-ended - that has a closed socket that fits over the head of a bolt.
Flats
Bevel
Kerf
Box-end wrench
30. A smooth jawed adjustable wrench used for turning nuts - bolts - and pipe fittings. Often refered to as a Cresent wrench
Inch-pounds
Adjustable end wrench
pliers
rafter angle square
31. The straight sides or jaws of a wrench opening. Also - the sides on a nut or bolt head.
Flats
planed
Fastener
Hex key wrench
32. A hexagonal steel bar that is bent to form a right angle. Often referred to as an Allen wrench
Hex key wrench
tempered
nail puller
strip
33. To smooth out threads or edges on a screw or nut.
Joint
Flat bar
Fastener
round off
34. A joint made by fastening together usually perpendicular parts with the ends cut at an angle.
Bell-faced hammer
Dowel
miter joint
pliers
35. A hexagonal steel bar that is bent to form a right angle. Often referred to as an Allen wrench
Bevel
torque
Hex key wrench
Joint
36. Teeth on the gripping part of a wrench. Also refers to the number of teeth per inch on a handsaw.
nail puller
Box-end wrench
pliers
points
37. The point where members or the edges of members are joined. the types of welding joints are butt joint - corner joint - and T-joint.
Joint
striking or slugging wrench
Cat's paw
miter joint
38. A tool used for heavy-duty dismantling of wood work - such as tearing apart building frames or concrete forms.
ripping bar
pliers
Kerf
pliers
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.
peening
points
weld
Flats
40. The point where members or the edges of members are joined. the types of welding joints are butt joint - corner joint - and T-joint.
weld
Chisel
Open-end wrench
Joint
41. A scissor-shaped type of adjustable wrench equipped with jaws and teeth to grip objects.
pliers
Box-end wrench
Ball peen hammer
ripping bar
42. A cut or channel made by a saw.
rafter angle square
weld
Kerf
plumb
43. A flat - steel square commonly used in carpentry.
44. A tool used to remove nails.
strip
nail puller
points
pipe wrench
45. Unit of measure used to describe the amount of pressure exerted (torque) to tighten a large object.
Box-end wrench
Bell-faced hammer
plumb
Foot-pounds
46. 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.
weld
Foot-pounds
square
Ball peen hammer
47. A tool with a claw at each end - commonly used to pull nails.
Flats
Carpenter's square
Chisel bar
Bevel
48. A tool used to remove nails.
round off
punch
tang
nail puller
49. Treated with heat to create or restore hardness in steal.
pliers
tempered
round off
pipe wrench
50. Unit of measure used to describe the amount of pressure exerted (torque) to tighten a small object.
Box-end wrench
Inch-pounds
Dowel
Foot-pounds