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Common Hand Tools

Subject : engineering
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1. Unit of measure used to describe the amount of pressure exerted (torque) to tighten a large object.






2. 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.






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






4. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






10. 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.






11. 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.


12. 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.






13. 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.


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






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. 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






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






23. A steel too used to indent metal.






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






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






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






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






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






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


30. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. 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.






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






39. A cut or channel made by a saw.






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






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






42. A cut or channel made by a saw.






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






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






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






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






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






48. A tool used to remove nails.






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






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