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Common Hand Tools

Subject : engineering
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1. To damage the threads on a nut or bolt.






2. 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






3. A tool used to remove nails.






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






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






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






7. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. 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.






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






44. 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.






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






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






48. 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.






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






50. 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.