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Common Hand Tools

Subject : engineering
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1. A tool used to remove nails.






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






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






4. 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.


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






6. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. A cut or channel made by a saw.






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






17. 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.






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






19. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. A steel too used to indent metal.






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






29. 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.


30. 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






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






32. 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.






33. 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.






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






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






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


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






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






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






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






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






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


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






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






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






46. 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.






47. 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.






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






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






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