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Common Hand Tools

Subject : engineering
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1. Teeth on the gripping part of a wrench. Also refers to the number of teeth per inch on a handsaw.






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






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






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






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






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






7. 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.






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






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


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






11. 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






12. A cut or channel made by a saw.






13. A steel too used to indent metal.






14. 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.






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






16. 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.


17. 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.






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






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


20. A tool used to remove nails.






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. A steel too used to indent metal.






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






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






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






31. 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.






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






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






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






35. A cut or channel made by a saw.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. 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.