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Common Hand Tools

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






2. 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.






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






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


5. 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.


6. 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






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






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






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






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






11. 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.






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






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






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






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


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






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






18. A cut or channel made by a saw.






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






20. 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.






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






22. 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.






23. 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.






24. 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.






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






26. 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.


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






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






29. A tool used to remove nails.






30. A steel too used to indent metal.






31. 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.






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






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






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






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






36. 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.






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






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






39. 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.






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






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






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






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






44. 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.






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






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






47. 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.






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






49. 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






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