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Common Hand Tools

Subject : engineering
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1. 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.






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






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






4. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






10. A steel too used to indent metal.






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






12. 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.






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






14. A tool used to remove nails.






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






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






17. A cut or channel made by a saw.






18. 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.






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






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






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






24. 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.






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






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






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


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






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






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






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






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






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






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


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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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