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Common Hand Tools

Subject : engineering
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1. An adjustable carpenter's tool consisting of a steel rule that slides through an adjustable head.






2. 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.






3. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






9. 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.






10. A tool used to remove nails.






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






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






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






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






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






16. A cut or channel made by a saw.






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






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






19. A tool used to remove nails.






20. A cut or channel made by a saw.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. 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.


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






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






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






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






35. 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.






36. 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.






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






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






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






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






42. 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.






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






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






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






46. 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.






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






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






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






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