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Common Hand Tools

Subject : engineering
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1. Treated with heat to create or restore hardness in steal.






2. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






8. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. A steel too used to indent metal.






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






18. A tool used to remove nails.






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






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






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






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






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






24. 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.






25. 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.






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






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






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






29. 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.


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


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






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






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






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






35. 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.






36. 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.






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






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






39. 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.






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






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






42. A tool used to remove nails.






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






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






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






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.


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






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






49. A steel too used to indent metal.






50. A cut or channel made by a saw.