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Common Hand Tools

Subject : engineering
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1. A wench with an open end and a closed end.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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


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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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


18. 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.






19. A tool used to remove nails.






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






21. 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.






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. 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






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






25. 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






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






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






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






29. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. 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.






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






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






45. 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.


46. 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.






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






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






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






50. 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.