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Common Hand Tools

Subject : engineering
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1. 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.






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


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






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






5. 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.






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






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






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


9. 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.


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






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






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






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






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






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






16. 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.






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






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






19. A steel too used to indent metal.






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






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






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






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






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






25. A cut or channel made by a saw.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. 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.






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






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






40. 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






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






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






43. 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






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






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






46. 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.






47. 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.


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






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






50. 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.