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Common Hand Tools

Subject : engineering
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1. Metal handle-end of a file. The tang fits into a wooden or plastic file handle.






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






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






4. A tool used to remove nails.






5. 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.






6. A cut or channel made by a saw.






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






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






9. 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.






10. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. 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.






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






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






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






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






22. 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.






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






24. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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


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


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






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






43. A tool used to remove nails.






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






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






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






48. 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.






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






50. A cut or channel made by a saw.