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Common Hand Tools

Subject : engineering
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1. 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.






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






3. 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.






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






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






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






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






8. A steel too used to indent metal.






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






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






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






12. A cut or channel made by a saw.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. 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.






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






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






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






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






25. 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






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






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


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






29. A tool used to remove nails.






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






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






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






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






34. 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.


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






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






37. 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.






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






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






40. 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.






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






42. 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.






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






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






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






46. A steel too used to indent metal.






47. 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.






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






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






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