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Common Hand Tools

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. A tool used to remove nails.






23. 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.






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






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






26. 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.






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






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






29. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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


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






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






39. 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.






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






41. 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.






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






43. 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.






44. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






50. A steel too used to indent metal.