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Common Hand Tools

Subject : engineering
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1. To smooth out threads or edges on a screw or nut.






2. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






8. 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






9. A steel too used to indent metal.






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






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






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






13. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. 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.






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






22. A cut or channel made by a saw.






23. 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.

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






25. 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.






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






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






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






29. A steel too used to indent metal.






30. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. 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.






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






41. A cut or channel made by a saw.






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






43. 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.






44. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






50. 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