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Common Hand Tools

Subject : engineering
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1. 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






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






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






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






5. 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.






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






7. 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






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






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






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






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






12. A steel too used to indent metal.






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






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






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






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


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






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






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






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






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






22. 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.






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






24. A steel too used to indent metal.






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






26. 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.






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






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






29. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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


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