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Common Hand Tools

Subject : engineering
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1. 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.






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






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






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






5. A steel too used to indent metal.






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






7. 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.






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






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






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






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


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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. 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.


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






22. A cut or channel made by a saw.






23. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. 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.






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






34. 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






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






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






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






38. 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.






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






40. A steel too used to indent metal.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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