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Common Hand Tools

Subject : engineering
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1. The straight sides or jaws of a wrench opening. Also - the sides on a nut or bolt head.






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. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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


10. 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.


11. 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.






12. 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.






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






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






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






16. A cut or channel made by a saw.






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






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






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






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 wench with an open end and a closed end.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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. 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.






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






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






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






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






37. 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.






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






39. 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.






40. A steel too used to indent metal.






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






42. 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.


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






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






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






46. A tool used to remove nails.






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






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






49. A tool used to remove nails.






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