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Common Hand Tools

Subject : engineering
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1. A cut or channel made by a saw.






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






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






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


5. 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.






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






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






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 tool used to remove nails.






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






11. A tool used to remove nails.






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






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






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






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






16. 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.


17. 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.






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






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






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






21. 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.






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






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. 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.






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






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






27. 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.






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






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






30. 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






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






32. 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






33. A steel too used to indent metal.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. 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.






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






43. A steel too used to indent metal.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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