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Common Hand Tools

Subject : engineering
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1. A wench with an open end and a closed end.






2. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. 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






11. 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






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






13. A tool used to remove nails.






14. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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


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






22. A tool used to remove nails.






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






24. 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.






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






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






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






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 piece that projects out of wood or another material for the purpose of being placed into a hole or groove to form a joint.






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






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






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






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






34. 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.






35. A cut or channel made by a saw.






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. A steel too used to indent metal.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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