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Common Hand Tools

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






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. To damage the threads on a nut or bolt.






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






5. 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.






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






7. A cut or channel made by a saw.






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






9. A tool used to remove nails.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. 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.


18. 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.






19. 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.


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






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






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






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






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. A flat - steel square commonly used in carpentry.


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






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






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






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






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






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






33. A steel too used to indent metal.






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






35. A tool used to remove nails.






36. 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.






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






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






39. A steel too used to indent metal.






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






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






42. 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.






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






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






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






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






47. 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.






48. 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.






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






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