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Common Hand Tools

Subject : engineering
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1. A tool with a claw at each end - commonly used to pull nails.






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






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






4. 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.






5. A cut or channel made by a saw.






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






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






8. 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.


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






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


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






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. 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 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. 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.






16. 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.






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






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






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






20. 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.






21. A cut or channel made by a saw.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. A steel too used to indent metal.






42. 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.






43. 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.


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






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






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






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






48. 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.






49. 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.






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