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Common Hand Tools

Subject : engineering
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1. A steel too used to indent metal.






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






3. 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






4. A steel too used to indent metal.






5. 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.






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






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






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






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






10. 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.






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






12. 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.






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






14. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. 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






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






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






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


32. 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.






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






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






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






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






37. 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.


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






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






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






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






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






43. 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.






44. A cut or channel made by a saw.






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


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






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






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






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






50. 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.