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Common Hand Tools

Subject : engineering
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1. Teeth on the gripping part of a wrench. Also refers to the number of teeth per inch on a handsaw.






2. 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.






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






4. 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.






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






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






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






8. A cut or channel made by a saw.






9. 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






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






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






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






13. 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.






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






15. A steel too used to indent metal.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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


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






25. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. 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.






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






34. A tool used to remove nails.






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






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






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






38. A steel too used to indent metal.






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






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






41. 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.






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






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






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






45. 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.






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






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






48. A cut or channel made by a saw.






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






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