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Common Hand Tools

Subject : engineering
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1. A nonadjustable wrench with an opening at each end that determines the size of the wrench.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. 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.


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






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






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






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






14. 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.






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






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


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






18. A cut or channel made by a saw.






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. 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.






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






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






28. 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.






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






30. 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.






31. A tool used to remove nails.






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






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






34. 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.






35. A cut or channel made by a saw.






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






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






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






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






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






42. A steel too used to indent metal.






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






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






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






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






47. 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






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






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






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