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Common Hand Tools

Subject : engineering
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1. A pin - usually round - that fits into a corresponding hole to fasten or align two pieces.






2. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. 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.






11. A steel too used to indent metal.






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






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






14. 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.






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






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






17. 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.






18. A tool used to remove nails.






19. 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.






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






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






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






23. 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.






24. 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.






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






26. 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.






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






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






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






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






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


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






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






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






35. 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.






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






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






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






39. A tool used to remove nails.






40. 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.






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






42. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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