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Common Hand Tools

Subject : engineering
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1. To damage the threads on a nut or bolt.






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






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






5. A steel too used to indent metal.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. 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.






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






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






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






18. A tool used to remove nails.






19. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. 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.






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.


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






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






33. 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.






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






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.


36. 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






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






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






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






40. A cut or channel made by a saw.






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






42. A cut or channel made by a saw.






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






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






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






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






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






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


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






50. 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.