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Common Hand Tools

Subject : engineering
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1. Metal handle-end of a file. The tang fits into a wooden or plastic file handle.






2. A steel too used to indent metal.






3. A cut or channel made by a saw.






4. A cut or channel made by a saw.






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 flat - steel square commonly used in carpentry.


7. A steel too used to indent metal.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. 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






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






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






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






23. 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






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






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






26. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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


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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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