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Common Hand Tools

Subject : engineering
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1. A device such as a bolt - clasp - hook - or lock used to attach or secure one material to another.






2. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. 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.






10. 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.






11. 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.






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






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






14. A steel too used to indent metal.






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






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






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






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






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






20. 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






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






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






23. 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.


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






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






26. 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.






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


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






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






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






31. A tool used to remove nails.






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






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






34. A cut or channel made by a saw.






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






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






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.






38. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. A cut or channel made by a saw.






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






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


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






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