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Common Hand Tools

Subject : engineering
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1. 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.






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


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






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






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






6. 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.






7. A tool used to remove nails.






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. 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.






15. A tool used to remove nails.






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






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






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






19. 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.






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


21. A cut or channel made by a saw.






22. 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






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






24. 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.


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






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






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. To damage the threads on a nut or bolt.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






47. A steel too used to indent metal.






48. 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.


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






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