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






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






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






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






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. 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 wench with an open end and a closed end.






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






10. 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.






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






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






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






14. 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






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






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






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






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






19. A steel too used to indent metal.






20. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






27. 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.


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






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






30. A tool used to remove nails.






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. 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.






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






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






40. A cut or channel made by a saw.






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






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






43. 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.






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






45. 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






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






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






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






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






50. A cut or channel made by a saw.