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Common Hand Tools

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






2. 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.






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






4. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






10. A cut or channel made by a saw.






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






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






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


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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. 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.


24. A cut or channel made by a saw.






25. 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.






26. A tool used to remove nails.






27. A tool used to remove nails.






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. A steel too used to indent metal.






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






36. A steel too used to indent metal.






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






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






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






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






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






42. 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.






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






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






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






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






47. 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






48. 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






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






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