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Common Hand Tools

Subject : engineering
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1. An adjustable carpenter's tool consisting of a steel rule that slides through an adjustable head.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. 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.






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






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






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


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






22. 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.






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






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






25. A tool used to remove nails.






26. 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.






27. A cut or channel made by a saw.






28. 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.


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






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






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






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






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






34. A steel too used to indent metal.






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


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






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






38. A steel too used to indent metal.






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






40. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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