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Common Hand Tools

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






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






3. 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.






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






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






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






7. 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.


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






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






10. A tool used to remove nails.






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






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






13. 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






14. 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.






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






16. 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.






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






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






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






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


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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. A cut or channel made by a saw.






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






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






32. 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.


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






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






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






36. 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.






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






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






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






40. A cut or channel made by a saw.






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






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






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






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






45. A steel too used to indent metal.






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






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






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






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






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