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Common Hand Tools

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






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






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






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






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






6. 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.






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






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






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






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






11. 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.






12. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. 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.






20. A cut or channel made by a saw.






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






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






23. 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






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






25. 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.






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






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






28. A steel too used to indent metal.






29. A steel too used to indent metal.






30. 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.






31. 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.






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






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






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 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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


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