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Common Hand Tools

Subject : engineering
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1. A hexagonal steel bar that is bent to form a right angle. Often referred to as an Allen wrench






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






3. 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.






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






5. A cut or channel made by a saw.






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






7. 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.






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






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


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






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






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






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






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






16. A cut or channel made by a saw.






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






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






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






20. 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.






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






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






23. 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.






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






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






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






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






28. A tool used to remove nails.






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






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






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 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.


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






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






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






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






37. A steel too used to indent metal.






38. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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