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Common Hand Tools

Subject : engineering
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1. A wench with an open end and a closed end.






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






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






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






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






6. 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.






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






8. 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.


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






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


11. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. 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.






27. A tool used to remove nails.






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






29. 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.






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






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






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






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. 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.






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






36. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






42. 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.






43. A steel too used to indent metal.






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






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






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






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






48. A cut or channel made by a saw.






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






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