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Common Hand Tools

Subject : engineering
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1. Describing a surface made smooth by using a tool called a plane.






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






3. 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.


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






5. A steel too used to indent metal.






6. A steel too used to indent metal.






7. 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.






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






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






10. 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.






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






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






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






14. 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






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






16. 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.






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






18. 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.






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






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


21. A cut or channel made by a saw.






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






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






24. A tool used to remove nails.






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






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






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






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






29. 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.






30. 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.


31. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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. 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.






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






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


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






44. A tool used to remove nails.






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






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






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






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






49. 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






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