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Common Hand Tools

Subject : engineering
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1. 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.






2. A steel too used to indent metal.






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






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






5. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. 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.






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






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






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






16. 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






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






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






19. 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.






20. 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.


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






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


23. 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






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






25. 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.






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






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






28. 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.






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






30. 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.






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






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






33. A cut or channel made by a saw.






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






35. A tool used to remove nails.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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. 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.






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






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


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






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