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Common Hand Tools

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






2. 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.






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


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






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 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.






7. A steel too used to indent metal.






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






9. A cut or channel made by a saw.






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






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






12. 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.






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






14. 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.


15. A cut or channel made by a saw.






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






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






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






19. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. 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






27. 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.






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






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






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






31. A steel too used to indent metal.






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






33. A tool used to remove nails.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. 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.






48. 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.


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






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