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Common Hand Tools

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






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


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






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






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






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






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






8. 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






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






10. A tool used to remove nails.






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






12. 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.






13. A cut or channel made by a saw.






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






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






16. 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.


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






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






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






20. 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.


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






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






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






24. A cut or channel made by a saw.






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






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






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


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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. 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.






47. 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.






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






49. A steel too used to indent metal.






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