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Common Hand Tools

Subject : engineering
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1. A scissor-shaped type of adjustable wrench equipped with jaws and teeth to grip objects.






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






3. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. A cut or channel made by a saw.






13. 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






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






15. 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.


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






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






18. 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.






19. A tool used to remove nails.






20. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. A cut or channel made by a saw.






29. 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.






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






31. 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.






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






33. 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.






34. 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.






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






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


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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. 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.






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






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






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






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