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Common Hand Tools

Subject : engineering
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1. To damage the threads on a nut or bolt.






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






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






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






5. 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.






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






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


8. 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.






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






11. 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.


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


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






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 steel too used to indent metal.






16. A tool used to remove nails.






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






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






19. A steel too used to indent metal.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. 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.






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






34. 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.






35. 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






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






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






38. 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.






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






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






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






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






43. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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