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Common Hand Tools

Subject : engineering
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1. A hexagonal steel bar that is bent to form a right angle. Often referred to as an Allen wrench






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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


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






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






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






13. A tool used to remove nails.






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






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






16. A steel too used to indent metal.






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






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. 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.


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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. 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.






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






31. A tool used to remove nails.






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






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






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






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






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






37. 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.






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






39. 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.






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






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 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






43. A cut or channel made by a saw.






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






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






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






47. 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.


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






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






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