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Common Hand Tools

Subject : engineering
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1. A wench with an open end and a closed end.






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






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






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






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






7. A tool used to remove nails.






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






9. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. 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.






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






21. 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.


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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. 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.






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






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






42. A steel too used to indent metal.






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






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






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






46. 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.






47. 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.






48. 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






49. A tool used to remove nails.






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