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Common Hand Tools

Subject : engineering
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1. A square whose legs are fixed at a right angle.






2. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. 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.






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






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






12. 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.






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






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






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


16. 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.






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






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






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






20. A steel too used to indent metal.






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






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






23. 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.






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






25. 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.






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






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






28. 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.






29. 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.






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






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






32. A cut or channel made by a saw.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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