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Common Hand Tools

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






2. A steel too used to indent metal.






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






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






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






6. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. 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.






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






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






16. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. 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.






26. 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.






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






28. 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.






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






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






31. 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.






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






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






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






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






36. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






43. 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.






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






45. A tool used to remove nails.






46. 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






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






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






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






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