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Common Hand Tools

Subject : engineering
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1. To smooth out threads or edges on a screw or nut.






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






3. 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.






4. 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.






5. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






11. A tool used to remove nails.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. 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.






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






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






27. 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.






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






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






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






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






32. 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






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






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






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






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






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


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






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






40. 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






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






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






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






44. A cut or channel made by a saw.






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






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






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






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






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