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Common Hand Tools

Subject : engineering
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1. To damage the threads on a nut or bolt.






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






3. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






9. A cut or channel made by a saw.






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






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






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






13. A cut or channel made by a saw.






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






15. A tool used to remove nails.






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. 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.






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






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






25. A steel too used to indent metal.






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






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


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






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






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






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






32. A tool used to remove nails.






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






34. A steel too used to indent metal.






35. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. 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.






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






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






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






47. 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.






48. 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






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






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