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Common Hand Tools

Subject : engineering
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1. 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.


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






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






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






5. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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


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


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






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






15. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. 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.






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






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






27. 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.






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






29. 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.






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






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






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






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






34. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






44. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






50. 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.