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Common Hand Tools

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






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






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






4. 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.


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






6. 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.






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






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






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






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






12. A tool used to remove nails.






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






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


15. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






22. 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.






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






24. A steel too used to indent metal.






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






26. A cut or channel made by a saw.






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






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






29. A steel too used to indent metal.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. 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.






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






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 tool used to remove nails.






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






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






47. 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






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






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






50. 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.