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Common Hand Tools

Subject : engineering
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1. A tool used to remove nails.






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






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






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






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






6. 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.






7. A steel too used to indent metal.






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






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






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






11. 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.

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






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






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






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






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

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17. 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.






18. 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.






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.

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






21. A tool used to remove nails.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






39. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






45. 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.






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






47. 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.






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






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






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