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Common Hand Tools

Subject : engineering
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1. A cut or channel made by a saw.






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






3. 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.






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






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






6. 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.






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






8. 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.






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






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






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






13. 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.






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






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






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






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






18. 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.






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






20. A steel too used to indent metal.






21. 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.






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






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






24. 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.






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






26. A tool used to remove nails.






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






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






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






30. 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.






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 tool used to remove nails.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. A steel too used to indent metal.






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






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






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






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






49. 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.






50. 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.