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Common Hand Tools

Subject : engineering
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1. A wench with an open end and a closed end.






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. 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.






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






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






11. 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.






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


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






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






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






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






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






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


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






20. 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.


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






22. A tool used to remove nails.






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






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






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






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 cut or channel made by a saw.






28. 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.






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






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






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






32. 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.






33. 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.






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






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






36. A tool used to remove nails.






37. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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