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Common Hand Tools

Subject : engineering
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1. A claw hammer with a slightly rounded - or convex - face.






2. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. 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.






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






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


12. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. 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.






20. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. 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.






32. 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






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






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






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






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






37. A tool used to remove nails.






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






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






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






41. 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.






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






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






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






45. A tool used to remove nails.






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






47. 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.






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






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






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