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Common Hand Tools

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






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






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






4. 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






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






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






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






8. 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.


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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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 cut or channel made by a saw.






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






23. A cut or channel made by a saw.






24. 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.






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






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






27. 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.






28. A tool used to remove nails.






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






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






32. 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.






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






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






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






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






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


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






39. A tool used to remove nails.






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






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






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






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






44. 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.






45. 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.






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






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






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






49. 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.






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