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Common Hand Tools

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






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






3. 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.






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






5. 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.


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






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






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






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






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






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






12. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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


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






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






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






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






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






27. 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.






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






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






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






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


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






33. 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.






34. A cut or channel made by a saw.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. 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.






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






45. 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.


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






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






48. 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.






49. A tool used to remove nails.






50. A steel too used to indent metal.