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Common Hand Tools

Subject : engineering
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1. A steel too used to indent metal.






2. A steel too used to indent metal.






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






4. A tool used to remove nails.






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






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






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






8. 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.






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






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






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






12. 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






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






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






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






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






17. 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.


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






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






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






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






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






23. A cut or channel made by a saw.






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






25. 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






26. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. 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.


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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. 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.






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






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






46. 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.






47. A tool used to remove nails.






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






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






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