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Common Hand Tools

Subject : engineering
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1. A type of carpenter's square made of cast aluminum that combines a protractor - try square - and framing square.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. 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.


12. 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.






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






14. 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.






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 smooth out threads or edges on a screw or nut.






17. 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.






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






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






20. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. A cut or channel made by a saw.






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. 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.






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






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






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






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






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