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Common Hand Tools

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






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


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






4. 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.






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






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






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






8. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






14. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






20. 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.






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






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






23. 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.






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






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






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






27. 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.


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






29. A cut or channel made by a saw.






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






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. To damage the threads on a nut or bolt.






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






34. 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.






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






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






37. 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.






38. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






44. A tool used to remove nails.






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






46. A steel too used to indent metal.






47. 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.






48. 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.






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






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