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Common Hand Tools

Subject : engineering
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1. A cut or channel made by a saw.






2. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. 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.






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






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






17. 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






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






19. 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.


20. 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






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






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






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






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






25. 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.






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






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






28. A steel too used to indent metal.






29. 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.






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






31. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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


38. A smooth jawed adjustable wrench used for turning nuts - bolts - and pipe fittings. Often refered to as a Cresent wrench






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






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






41. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






47. 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.


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






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






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