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Common Hand Tools

Subject : engineering
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1. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. 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.






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






17. A tool used to remove nails.






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






19. A steel too used to indent metal.






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






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






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


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






24. 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.






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






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






27. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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


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






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






37. 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.


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






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






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






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






42. 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






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






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






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






46. 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.






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






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






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






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