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Common Hand Tools

Subject : engineering
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1. 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.






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






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


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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. A cut or channel made by a saw.






14. 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.






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






16. 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.


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






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






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






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






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






22. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






43. A tool used to remove nails.






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






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






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






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






48. 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.






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






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