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Common Hand Tools

Subject : engineering
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1. A cut or channel made by a saw.






2. A tool used to remove nails.






3. 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.


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






5. 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.






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






7. 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.






8. 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.






9. 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.






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






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






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






13. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. 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.






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






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


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






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






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






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






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. 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.






39. 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.






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






41. A cut or channel made by a saw.






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






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






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






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






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






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


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






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