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Common Hand Tools

Subject : engineering
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1. 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.






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 square whose legs are fixed at a right angle.






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






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






6. A steel too used to indent metal.






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






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






9. 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.






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






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






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






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






15. A tool used to remove nails.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. 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.






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






27. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. A steel too used to indent metal.






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






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






40. A tool used to remove nails.






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






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






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






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






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






46. 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






47. 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.






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






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






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