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Common Hand Tools

Subject : engineering
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1. The process of bending - shaping - or cutting material by striking it with a tool.






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






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






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






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






6. A cut or channel made by a saw.






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






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


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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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


22. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






28. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. 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.


43. A cut or channel made by a saw.






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






45. 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.






46. 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.






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






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






49. 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.






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