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Common Hand Tools

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






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






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

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4. A tool used to remove nails.






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






6. A tool used to remove nails.






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






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






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






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






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






12. 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.

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






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






15. A cut or channel made by a saw.






16. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






29. A steel too used to indent metal.






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






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






32. 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.






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






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






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






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






37. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






43. 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.






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






45. 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.






46. 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.

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






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

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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. 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.