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Common Hand Tools

Subject : engineering
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1. A device such as a bolt - clasp - hook - or lock used to attach or secure one material to another.






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






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






4. 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.






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






6. 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






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






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






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






10. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. A tool used to remove nails.






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






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






20. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. 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.






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






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






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






35. 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.


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






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






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






39. 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.






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






41. 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.






42. A steel too used to indent metal.






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






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






45. 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.


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






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






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






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






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