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Common Hand Tools

Subject : engineering
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1. A nonadjustable wrench with an opening at each end that determines the size of the wrench.






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






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






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






5. 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.






6. 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.






7. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. 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.






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






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






23. A steel too used to indent metal.






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






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


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






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






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






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






31. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. A cut or channel made by a saw.






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






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






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






42. A tool used to remove nails.






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






44. A steel too used to indent metal.






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






46. 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.


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






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






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






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