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Common Hand Tools

Subject : engineering
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1. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. 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.


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 cut or channel made by a saw.






12. 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






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






14. A steel too used to indent metal.






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






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






17. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. 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.






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






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






27. 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.






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






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






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






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






33. A tool used to remove nails.






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






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






36. A steel too used to indent metal.






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. A tool used to remove nails.






44. 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.






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






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






47. 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.






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