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Common Hand Tools

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






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






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






4. A tool used to remove nails.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. 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.






13. 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.






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






15. 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.






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






17. 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.






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






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






21. A steel too used to indent metal.






22. 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.






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






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






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






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






27. A steel too used to indent metal.






28. A cut or channel made by a saw.






29. 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






30. A cut or channel made by a saw.






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






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






33. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. 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.

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






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






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






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






45. 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.






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






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






49. A tool used to remove nails.






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