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Common Hand Tools

Subject : engineering
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1. A hexagonal steel bar that is bent to form a right angle. Often referred to as an Allen wrench






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


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






6. 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.






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






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






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






10. A steel too used to indent metal.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






24. 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.






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






26. 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.






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






28. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






34. A steel too used to indent metal.






35. 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.






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






37. 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






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






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






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






41. A tool used to remove nails.






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






43. 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.


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






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






46. A cut or channel made by a saw.






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






48. 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.






49. 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.






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