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Common Hand Tools

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






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






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






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






5. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






18. 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.






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






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


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






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






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






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






25. A tool used to remove nails.






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






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






28. 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.






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


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






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






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






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






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






35. 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.






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






37. 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.






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






39. A steel too used to indent metal.






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






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






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






43. 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.






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






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






46. 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.


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






48. 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.






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






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