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Common Hand Tools

Subject : engineering
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1. 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






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






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






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






5. 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.


6. A cut or channel made by a saw.






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






8. 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.






9. A tool used to remove nails.






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






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






12. 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.






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






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






15. 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.






16. 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.






17. A steel too used to indent metal.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. 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






27. A tool used to remove nails.






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. 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.






30. 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.






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






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






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






34. 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.






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






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






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






38. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






44. A cut or channel made by a saw.






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






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






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






48. 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.






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






50. A steel too used to indent metal.