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






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






4. 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






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






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






7. 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.






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






9. A tool used to remove nails.






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






11. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. 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.






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






20. A tool used to remove nails.






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






22. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. 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






32. 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.






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






34. A steel too used to indent metal.






35. 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.






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






37. 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.


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






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






40. 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.






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






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






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


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






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






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






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






48. A cut or channel made by a saw.






49. 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.


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