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Common Hand Tools

Subject : engineering
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1. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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


9. 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.






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






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






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






13. A tool used to remove nails.






14. 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.


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






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






17. A cut or channel made by a saw.






18. 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.






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






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






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






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






24. 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.






25. 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.






26. 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.






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






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






29. 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






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






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






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






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






34. 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.






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






36. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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


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






44. 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.






45. A tool used to remove nails.






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






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






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






49. 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.






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