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Common Hand Tools

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






2. A tool used to remove nails.






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






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






5. 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.






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






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






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






9. 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






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






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






12. 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.






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






14. 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.






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






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






17. 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






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






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






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






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






22. 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.






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






24. 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.






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






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






27. A steel too used to indent metal.






28. 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.

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






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






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






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






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






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






35. 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.






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






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






38. A cut or channel made by a saw.






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






40. A steel too used to indent metal.






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






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






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






44. A cut or channel made by a saw.






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






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






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






48. 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.






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






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