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






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






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






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






6. 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.


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






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






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






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






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






12. A steel too used to indent metal.






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






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






15. A cut or channel made by a saw.






16. A cut or channel made by a saw.






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






18. 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.






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






20. 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.






21. 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






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






23. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. 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.






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






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






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






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






41. 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.






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






43. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. A tool used to remove nails.