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Common Hand Tools

Subject : engineering
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1. Describing a surface made smooth by using a tool called a plane.






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






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






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






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






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






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


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






9. 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.






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






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






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






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






14. A cut or channel made by a saw.






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






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






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






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






19. 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.


20. A tool used to remove nails.






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






22. 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.






23. A tool used to remove nails.






24. 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.


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






26. 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






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






28. A steel too used to indent metal.






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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


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






45. 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.






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






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






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






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






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