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Common Hand Tools

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






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






3. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. A tool used to remove nails.






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. 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.






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






21. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






36. 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.






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






38. 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.


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






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






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






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






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






44. A steel too used to indent metal.






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


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






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






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






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






50. 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.