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






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






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 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. 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.






21. 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.






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






23. 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.


24. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. 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.






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






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


46. A steel too used to indent metal.






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






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






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






50. 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.