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Common Hand Tools

Subject : engineering
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1. A flat - steel square commonly used in carpentry.


2. A cut or channel made by a saw.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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


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






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






16. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. A cut or channel made by a saw.






25. A tool used to remove nails.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. A steel too used to indent metal.






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






35. A steel too used to indent metal.






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






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






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






39. 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






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






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






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






43. A tool used to remove nails.






44. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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