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Common Hand Tools

Subject : engineering
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1. Teeth on the gripping part of a wrench. Also refers to the number of teeth per inch on a handsaw.






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






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






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






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






6. 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.






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






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






9. A steel too used to indent metal.






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






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






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






13. 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.






14. 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.


15. 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.






16. 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.






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






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


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






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






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






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






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






25. A steel too used to indent metal.






26. A cut or channel made by a saw.






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






28. A tool used to remove nails.






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






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






31. A cut or channel made by a saw.






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






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






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






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






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






37. 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.






38. 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.






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






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






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






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






43. 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.


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






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






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






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






48. 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.






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






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