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Common Hand Tools

Subject : engineering
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1. A tool with a claw at each end - commonly used to pull nails.






2. A tool used to remove nails.






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. 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.






5. 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.






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






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






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






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






10. 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.






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






12. A tool used to remove nails.






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






14. A cut or channel made by a saw.






15. A cut or channel made by a saw.






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






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






18. A steel too used to indent metal.






19. 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.






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






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






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






23. 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.






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






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






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






27. 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.






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






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






30. 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






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






32. A steel too used to indent metal.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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


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


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






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