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Common Hand Tools

Subject : engineering
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1. The process of bending - shaping - or cutting material by striking it with a tool.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. 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






16. A steel too used to indent metal.






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






18. 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.






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






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






21. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. 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.






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






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






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






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






38. A cut or channel made by a saw.






39. 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.






40. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






46. A steel too used to indent metal.






47. 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.






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






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






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