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Common Hand Tools

Subject : engineering
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Treated with heat to create or restore hardness in steal.






2. 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.






3. 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.






4. A steel too used to indent metal.






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






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






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






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






9. A tool used to remove nails.






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






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






12. A cut or channel made by a saw.






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






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






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






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






18. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. 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.






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






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






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






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






32. 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.


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






34. 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.






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






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






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






38. 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.






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






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






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






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






43. A tool used to remove nails.






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






45. A steel too used to indent metal.






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






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






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






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






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






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