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Common Hand Tools

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


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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. 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.


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






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






16. 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.


17. A steel too used to indent metal.






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. A tool used to remove nails.






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






27. 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.






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






29. 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.






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






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






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






33. 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.






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






35. 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.






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






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






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






39. 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.






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






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






42. A tool used to remove nails.






43. 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






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






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


46. A cut or channel made by a saw.






47. A cut or channel made by a saw.






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