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Common Hand Tools

Subject : engineering
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1. To smooth out threads or edges on a screw or nut.






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






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






4. 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.






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






6. 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.






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






8. 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.






9. A steel too used to indent metal.






10. 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.


11. 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.


12. 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.






13. A cut or channel made by a saw.






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






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






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






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






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


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






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






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






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






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






24. 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.






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






26. 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






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






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






29. 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.






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






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






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






33. 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.






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






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






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






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


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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. A tool used to remove nails.






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






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






49. 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.






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