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Common Hand Tools

Subject : engineering
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1. To smooth out threads or edges on a screw or nut.






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






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 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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5. 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.






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

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






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






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






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






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






12. 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.






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






14. 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.






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






16. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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

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






25. 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.






26. 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.






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






28. A steel too used to indent metal.






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






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






31. A steel too used to indent metal.






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






33. 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.






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






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






36. A tool used to remove nails.






37. A tool used to remove nails.






38. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






44. 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.






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






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






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






48. 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.






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






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