Hand Tools

Question 1

What’s the cutting speed for a hacksaw

Answer 1

40-50 strokes per minute

Question 2

What parts make up a combination square?

Answer 2

Steel rule, square head, bevel protractor and centre head

Question 3

Wrap-arounds or Run-arounds need to go around a pipe how many times?

Answer 3

1 1/2 times

Question 4

What are contour markers used for?

Answer 4

Developing any angel cut lines on pipe and structural steel as well as structural structural layout

Question 5

Another name for soap stone?

Answer 5

Silver stick or silver streak

Question 6

What’s a scriber?

Answer 6

A tool with a hardened steel or carbide point that is used to scratch a thin line on a material

Question 7

What’s a Divider?

Answer 7

Are used for transferring measurements, and are sized from the pivot point to the end of the leg

Question 8

What are trammel points?

Answer 8

Used to scribe arcs and circles and transfer measurements that are beyond the range of a divider

Question 9

How do you determine the size of pliers?

Answer 9

By measuring the overall length

Question 10

Another name for Interlocking joint pliers?

Answer 10

Water pump pliers

Question 11

Another name for locking pliers?

Answer 11

Vise-grip pliers

Question 12

Another name for welding pliers and its use?

Answer 12

MIG pliers, designed specifically for gas metal arc welding

Question 13

How to determine the size of a C-clamp?

Answer 13

The maximum distance between the jaws when they are fully open

Question 14

What are bar clamps used for?

Answer 14

Clamping materials over long distances

Question 15

What is another name for Parallel clamps.

Answer 15

Toolmaker’s clamps or carpenters clamps

Question 16

What are pipe clamps used for?

Answer 16

Aligning pipe joints for tacking

Question 17

How are vises sized?

Answer 17

According to the width of their jaws

Question 18

How should hacksaw blades be mounted.

Answer 18

With he blade on the teeth pointed forward

Question 19

What 2 types of hacksaw blades are there and what is their use

Answer 19

(All Hard) best for brass, steel and other thick heavy metals
(Flexible) best for hollow shapes and tin,copper and aluminum

Question 20

What’s the 3 most common teeth per blade on a hacksaw

Answer 20

18,24,32

Question 21

What is a kerf?

Answer 21

It’s the clearance between the cutting object and material inside the cut

Question 22

How are files classified?

Answer 22

By their length,shape and cut

Question 23

The parts of a file are?

Answer 23

Tang, heel, edge, face and point

Question 24

Why should you not drag a file backwards over a workpiece?

Answer 24

It breaks the teeth from the file

Question 25

How are chisels identified?

Answer 25

By the shape of the cutting edge

Question 26

What are the angles on a flat chisel?

Answer 26

Normally 60* but 90* for cutting very hard material

Question 27

How do you repair a chisel with a mushroomed head.

Answer 27

Grind the head back down to original shaft size

Question 28

Why should wire brushes be restricted to one particular metal?

Answer 28

To avoid contamination from another metal

Question 29

What are the 2 types of pipe cutters?

Answer 29

Single wheel and Multi wheel

Question 30

What’s the purpose of a pipe reamer?

Answer 30

To remove the internal burrs on a pipe after it is cut

Question 31

Why is it important to remove the internal burrs of a pipe?

Answer 31

It’s part of piping code

Question 32

What happens if burrs are not removed?

Answer 32

Causes turbulent flow, burr catches foreign matter, and restricts pipe flow and pressure loss

Question 33

Why shouldn’t spiral reamers be used with a power threader?

Answer 33

Will thread reamer on to pipe

Question 34

What are the 2 threading applications called?

Answer 34

National Pipe Thread(NPT) and American Standard Pipe Thread(ASPT)