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Common Hand Tools

Subject : engineering
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1. A wrench - usually double-ended - that has a closed socket that fits over the head of a bolt.






2. A steel too used to indent metal.






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






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






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






6. 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






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






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






9. 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.


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






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






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






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






14. 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.






15. 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.






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






17. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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


29. 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.






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






31. A tool used to remove nails.






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






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






35. 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.






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






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






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






39. 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.






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






41. 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.






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






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






44. 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.






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






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






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






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






49. 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.






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