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Common Hand Tools

Subject : engineering
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1. 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.






2. A tool used to remove nails.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. A steel too used to indent metal.






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






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






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


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 tool used to remove nails.






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






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






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






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






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






30. A steel too used to indent metal.






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






32. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






38. 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






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






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






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






42. 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.






43. 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.






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






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






46. 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.






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






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






49. 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.






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