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Common Hand Tools

Subject : engineering
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1. A flat - steel square commonly used in carpentry.


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






3. 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.






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






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. To damage the threads on a nut or bolt.






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






8. 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.






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






10. A cut or channel made by a saw.






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






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






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






14. A steel too used to indent metal.






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






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






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






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






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






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 steel too used to indent metal.






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






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






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






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






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






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.


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






30. 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.






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






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






33. 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






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






35. A tool used to remove nails.






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






37. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. 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.






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






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






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






49. A tool used to remove nails.






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