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Common Hand Tools

Subject : engineering
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1. perfectly horizontal; completely flat; also - a tool used to determine if an object is level.






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






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. 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.






5. 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.






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






7. A tool used to remove nails.






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






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






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






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






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






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


14. 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.






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






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






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






18. A steel too used to indent metal.






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






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 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.






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






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






24. A cut or channel made by a saw.






25. 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.






26. 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






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


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






29. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






45. 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






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






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






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






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






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