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Common Hand Tools

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






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






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


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






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






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


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






8. 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.






9. A cut or channel made by a saw.






10. 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






11. 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.


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






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






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






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






16. A steel too used to indent metal.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. 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.






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






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






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






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






32. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. A steel too used to indent metal.






42. 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.


43. 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






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






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






46. A tool used to remove nails.






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






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






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






50. 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.