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Common Hand Tools

Subject : engineering
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1. Teeth on the gripping part of a wrench. Also refers to the number of teeth per inch on a handsaw.






2. 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






3. A cut or channel made by a saw.






4. A steel too used to indent metal.






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






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






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






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






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






10. 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






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






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






13. A tool used to remove nails.






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






15. 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.






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






17. 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.






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






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






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






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. A flat - steel square commonly used in carpentry.


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






24. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






31. A tool used to remove nails.






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 square whose legs are fixed at a right angle.






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






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






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






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






38. A smooth jawed adjustable wrench used for turning nuts - bolts - and pipe fittings. Often refered to as a Cresent 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. The straight sides or jaws of a wrench opening. Also - the sides on a nut or bolt head.






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






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






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






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






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






46. A cut or channel made by a saw.






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






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






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






50. 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.