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Common Hand Tools

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






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






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






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


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






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






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






8. 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






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






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






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






12. A steel too used to indent metal.






13. A cut or channel made by a saw.






14. 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.






15. 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.


16. A steel too used to indent metal.






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






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






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






20. 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.






21. 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.






22. 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.






23. 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.






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






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






26. The process of bending - shaping - or cutting material by striking it with a tool.






27. A tool used to remove nails.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. 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.


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






38. The process of bending - shaping - or cutting material by striking it with a tool.






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






40. A cut or channel made by a saw.






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


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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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