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Common Hand Tools

Subject : engineering
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1. A steel too used to indent metal.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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. A flat - steel square commonly used in carpentry.


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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. A tool used to remove nails.






20. 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.


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






22. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. 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






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






32. A cut or channel made by a saw.






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






34. A steel too used to indent metal.






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






36. 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.






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






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






39. 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.






40. 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.






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






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






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






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






45. 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.






46. A tool used to remove nails.






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






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






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






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