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






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






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






6. A tool used to remove nails.






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






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






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






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






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






12. 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.


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






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






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






16. A cut or channel made by a saw.






17. 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.






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






19. A tool used to remove nails.






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






21. 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.






22. 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.


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






24. 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.






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






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






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






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


29. 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.






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






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






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






33. 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.






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






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






36. 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.






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






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






39. A steel too used to indent metal.






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






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






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






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






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






45. A steel too used to indent metal.






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






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






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






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






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