TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT Flashcards
Three main parts make up the construction of the standard screwdriver: the shank, handle and the what?
End
For a proper fit the standard screwdriver end should fit at least what percent of the slot?
75%
For a proper fit the blade of the Philips screwdriver should fit what percent of the cavity?
100%
What type of pliers are manufactured with straight serrated jaws for gripping object?
Combination joint
What type of pliers are used for only for for cutting small material such as wire or cotter pins?
Diagonal pliers
What wrench is often known as the knuckle buster?
AdjustableCrescent Wrench
What wrench is primarily used for rotating round stock and/or various pipes and piping?
Adjustable pipe wrench
What is the most common adjustable pipe wrench?
Stillson
What hammer used for working metals such as chiseling rivets and shearing metal is most widely used by the ABH?
Ball peen hammer
What is a portable metal cutting tool that can be used for cutting sheet metal, bolts, and piping?
Hacksaw
What are designed for prying boards from crates, pulling spikes or heavy nails, and as a level for moving heavy objects short distances?
Wrecking bars
Bolt cutters are made in lengths of 18 to how many inches?
36”
When a definite force must be applied to a nut or bolt head, what must be used?
Torque wrench
Three most commonly used torque wrenches what?
Micrometer setting
Dial indicating
Deflecting beam
What is creative piece of equipment that is probably used more than any other portable electric tool?
Portable electric drill
What is the most desirable tools for scaling of rust, removing paint, and smoothing flight decks prior to laying nonskid materials?
Power sander
The average size disc sander used in the navy is 7” or how many inches?
9”
The rotors impact scaler is a scaling and chipping tool, that is sometimes called what?
Jitterbug
Of all measuring tools which is the most common?
Steel rule
A metal or wood folding may be used for measuring purposes. These folding rules are usually 2 to how many feet long?
6 feet
Steel tapes are made from 6 to how many feet long?
300 feet
What is an apparatus used for measuring force and energy?
Dynamometer
Extension cords should be no longer than 25 feet long(except in repair lockers and cv/cvn flight deck cords, which a re how long in length?
100 feet
What is used to secure tag lines during aircraft-hoisting operations for securing components of the MK-1 life preserver?
Bowline
How many spare v-blades in a tool roll kit?
Six blades
Blocks are constructed for the use with fiber line and what else?
Wire rope
All line used in rigging should be good grade manilla or the equivalent, and all wire should be what material or the equivalent?
Plow steel
What is an assembly of blocks and ropes used to gain a mechanical advantage in lifting of pulling?
Tackle
What term means a rope, either Manila or wire, reeves through a pair of blocks to form a tackle?
Fall
What part of a tackle is the term applied to the relationship between the load being lifted and the power required to lift and the power required to lift that load
Mechanical advantage
What is a synthetic fiber and differs from natural fiber lines in that it will stretch under load and yet recover to its normal size when tension is removed?
Nylon
Line 1 3/4 inches or larger in circumference is designated to size by its circumference in inches.
Line is manufactured in sizes up to how many- inch hawsers?
16inches
What is any line larger than 5 inch line, which is used for towing or mooring?
A Hawser
As a general rule, a how many inch line is about the largest line issued by the navy for general shipboard use?
10 inch
For wire in cranes, cargo gear, towing gear, and so forth, the navy specifies a minimum tensile strength of how many pounds per square inch?
220,000 psi
