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Ch4 Hand tools 1-23
Question | Answer |
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Lifetime tool guarantee | means the tool will be replaced or repaired if it ever fails or breaks. |
Body Hammers | are used for striking and exerting an impact on a part. Designed to work with sheet metal. They often have a point on one end and a flat head on the other end |
Ball peen hammer | has a flat face for string and round peen end for shaping sheet metal. |
Brass or Lead hammer | will make heavy blows without marring the metal surface. The soft metal head will dent and protect parts. |
A plastic hammer | is for making light blows where parts can be easily damaged. It is used on delicate parts. |
A dead blow hammer | has a metal face filled with lead shot (balls) to prevent rebounding. The metal will not bounce back up after being hit. |
A rubber mallet | has a solid rubber head that is heavy, it is often used to gently bump sheet metal without damaging the painted finish. |
Picking hammers | are designed to work with sheet metal. They often have a pointed end. |
Bumping hammers | are used to bump out large dents. They may have a round or square face. |
Finishing hammers | are used to achieve the final sheet metal contour. The face on a finishing hammer is smaller. |
Shrinking hammers | are finishing hammers with a serrated or cross grooved face. |
Dolly or dolly block | is used like a small portable anvil. It is held on the backside of a panel being struck by a hammer. |
Body spoons | are used sometimes like a hammer and at other times like a dolly. |
Vise | will secure or hold parts during hammering, cutting, drilling, and pressing. Normally it is bolted to a workbench. Should only ever be tightened by hand! |
Vise caps | are soft and protect a part from marring. Vise jaws are often knurled and the small teeth will damage parts if they are not covered. |
C-clamp | is a screw attached to a curved frame. It will hold objects on a work surface or drill press while you are working on them. |
Wrenches | are used to loosen or tighten nuts and bolts. Wrench size is the distance across the wrench jaws. The come in two sizes, standard (inches) and metric (millimeters) |
A crescent wrench/adjustable wrench | has movable jaws to fit different head sizes. It can be used when a correct size wrench is not available. |
Open ended wrench | has three-sided jaws on both ends, this type of wrench is good if the bolt or nut is not very tight. The open jaws are weak, if a bolt is extremely tight the open-end wrench will bend or flex outward. |
A box end wrench | has closed ends that surround the bolt or nut head. |
A combination wrench | has both types of ends- box end and open end. |
An Allen wrench | is a hex, hexagon, or six-sided wrench. It will install or remove set screws. |
A line wrench | has a small split in its jaw to fit over lines and tubing. It can be slipped over fuel, brake and power steering lines. |