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Common Hand Tools

Subject : engineering
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1. 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.


2. A cut or channel made by a saw.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. 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.






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






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






16. 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.






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






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






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






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






21. 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.






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






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






25. 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.






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






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






28. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. 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.


44. 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.






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






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






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






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






49. 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.






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