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Common Hand Tools

Subject : engineering
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1. A joint made by fastening together usually perpendicular parts with the ends cut at an angle.






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






3. 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.






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






5. 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.


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






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






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


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






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






11. 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






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






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






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






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






16. 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.






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






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






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






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






21. 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.






22. 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.






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






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






25. 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.






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






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






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






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 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






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






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






33. A cut or channel made by a saw.






34. 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.






35. A steel too used to indent metal.






36. 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.






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






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






39. A steel too used to indent metal.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. A tool used to remove nails.






49. 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.






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