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Common Hand Tools

Subject : engineering
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1. Teeth on the gripping part of a wrench. Also refers to the number of teeth per inch on a handsaw.






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






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 flat - steel square commonly used in carpentry.

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






6. 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.






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






8. 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.






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






10. A tool used to remove nails.






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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. A cut or channel made by a saw.






30. 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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31. A cut or channel made by a saw.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. 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.






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






42. A steel too used to indent metal.






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






44. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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