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Common Hand Tools

Subject : engineering
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1. 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.






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






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






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. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. A cut or channel made by a saw.






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






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






17. 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






18. 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.


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






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






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






22. 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.






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






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






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






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






27. A steel too used to indent metal.






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






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






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






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






33. 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.






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






35. 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.






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






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






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






39. A steel too used to indent metal.






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






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






42. A cut or channel made by a saw.






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






44. 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.


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






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






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






48. 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.






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






50. 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.