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Common Hand Tools

Subject : engineering
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1. A scissor-shaped type of adjustable wrench equipped with jaws and teeth to grip objects.






2. 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.






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






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






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






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






7. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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


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






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






16. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. A steel too used to indent metal.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. 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.






34. 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.






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. A steel too used to indent metal.






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






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






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






40. 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.






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






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






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






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






45. A cut or channel made by a saw.






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






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






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






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






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