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Common Hand Tools

Subject : engineering
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1. A claw hammer with a slightly rounded - or convex - face.






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. A cut or channel made by a saw.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. A cut or channel made by a saw.






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






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






21. 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.






22. 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.


23. 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.






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






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






26. 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.


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






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






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


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






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






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






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






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. A tool used to remove nails.






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






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






38. 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.






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






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






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






42. A steel too used to indent metal.






43. 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






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






45. A tool used to remove nails.






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






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






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






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






50. 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.