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Common Hand Tools

Subject : engineering
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1. Teeth on the gripping part of a wrench. Also refers to the number of teeth per inch on a handsaw.






2. 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.






3. 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.






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






5. A steel too used to indent metal.






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






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






8. A cut or channel made by a saw.






9. 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.






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


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






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






13. A tool used to remove nails.






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






15. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






21. 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.


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






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






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






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






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






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






28. 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.






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






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






31. A tool used to remove nails.






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






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






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






35. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






41. A cut or channel made by a saw.






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






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






44. 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.






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






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






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






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






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