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






3. 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






4. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. 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.






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






13. A steel too used to indent metal.






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. 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.






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






22. 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.






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






24. A cut or channel made by a saw.






25. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. A tool used to remove nails.






34. 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.






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






37. 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.






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






39. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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.


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






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






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






50. A cut or channel made by a saw.