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Common Hand Tools

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. 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.






11. 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.






12. 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.






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






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






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






16. 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






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


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






19. 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.






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






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






22. A steel too used to indent metal.






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. 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






32. A cut or channel made by a saw.






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






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






35. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. 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.






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






49. A tool used to remove nails.






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