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Common Hand Tools

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






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






3. 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.






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






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






6. 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.






7. A steel too used to indent metal.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. 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.






18. A cut or channel made by a saw.






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






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






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






22. 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.






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






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






25. 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.






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

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27. 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






28. A cut or channel made by a saw.






29. 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.






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






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






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






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






34. A steel too used to indent metal.






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






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






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






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






39. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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.

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






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






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






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






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







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