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Common Hand Tools

Subject : engineering
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1. Unit of measure used to describe the amount of pressure exerted (torque) to tighten a large object.






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






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






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






5. A steel too used to indent metal.






6. 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.






7. A cut or channel made by a saw.






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






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






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






11. 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.






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






13. 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.






14. A steel too used to indent metal.






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






16. A tool used to remove nails.






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






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






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






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






21. 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.






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






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






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






26. 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.






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






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






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






30. A cut or channel made by a saw.






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






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






33. 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.


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






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






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


37. 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.


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






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






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






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






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






43. 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.






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






45. 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.






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






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






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






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






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