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Common Hand Tools

Subject : engineering
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1. 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.


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






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






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






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






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






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






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


9. 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.






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






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






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






13. 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.






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






15. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






21. A cut or channel made by a saw.






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. 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






29. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. A steel too used to indent metal.






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






38. A steel too used to indent metal.






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






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






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






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






43. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






49. A tool used to remove nails.






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