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Common Hand Tools

Subject : engineering
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1. 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






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






3. A cut or channel made by a saw.






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






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






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






7. A cut or channel made by a saw.






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






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






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






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






12. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. 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.






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. To damage the threads on a nut or bolt.






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






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






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






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






37. 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.


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






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






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






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


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






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






44. 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.






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






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






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






49. 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.


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