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Essential Hand Tools Guide

Hand tools are non-powered tools that require human force to operate, such as hammers and screwdrivers. It is important that hand tools are kept clean and sharp to avoid injury. The document provides examples of various common hand tools, including levels, hammers, files, pliers, punches, chisels, hand drills, screwdrivers, wrenches, and abrasive tools. These tools are used for tasks like construction work, metalworking, woodworking, and mechanics.

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Essential Hand Tools Guide

Hand tools are non-powered tools that require human force to operate, such as hammers and screwdrivers. It is important that hand tools are kept clean and sharp to avoid injury. The document provides examples of various common hand tools, including levels, hammers, files, pliers, punches, chisels, hand drills, screwdrivers, wrenches, and abrasive tools. These tools are used for tasks like construction work, metalworking, woodworking, and mechanics.

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Hand Tools

A hand tool is a tool that is "powered" by an operator, such as a


hammer or screwdriver. Hand tools must be kept clean and sharp
in order to avoid injury. Some examples of hand tools are:

Auto Level

A tripod mounted optical instrument that is used for obtaining


levels in construction work. It’s use require one person to read the
instrument and on person to hold a staff that readings are taken
from.

Ball Peen Hammer – 

A mechanic’s style hammer with a rounded peen

 Clamp

A brace, band, or clasp for strengthening or holding things


together.

 Files n

A file is a metalworking, woodworking and plastic working tool used


to cut fine amounts of material from a work piece.

 Hammers and Striking Tools

A hammer is a hand tool consisting of a handle with a head of metal


or other heavy rigid material that is attached at a right angle, used
for striking or pounding.

A striking tool is a very basic hand tool consisting of a weighted


head attached to a handle.

 Impact Sockets and Bits

Sockets, when paired with a ratcheting tool, are designed to tighten


or loosen nuts and bolts. Impact sockets were introduced as an
improvement over standard sockets for use in high-impact
situations requiring a lot of torque. A bit is a removable boring head
used on certain kinds of drills, as a rock drill.

 Pliers

A kind of small pinchers with long jaws, -- used for bending or


cutting metal rods or wire, for handling small objects such as the
parts of a watch, etc.
Punches, Chisels, and Hand Drills

Punches are tools usually in the form of a short rod of steel that is
variously shaped at one end for different operations (as forming,
perforating, embossing, or cutting). Chisels are a metal tool with a
sharpened edge at one end used to chip, carve, or cut into a solid
material (as wood, stone, or metal). Hand drills are tools with a
sharp point and cutting edges for making holes in hard materials
(usually rotating rapidly or by repeated blows)

Screwdrivers and Nutdrivers

A screwdriver is a device specifically designed to insert and


tighten, or to loosen and remove, screws. Nut drivers are like
screwdrivers, except they drive nuts.

 Sockets and Bits

Sockets are an opening on a piece of electrical equipment into


which a plug, lightbulb, etc., fits. A bit can be the biting or cutting
edge or part of a tool. It's a replaceable part of a compound tool
that actually performs the function (as drilling or boring) for which
the whole tool is designed.

 Vises

Vises are tools that are usually attached to a table and that have
two flat parts that can be opened and closed by a screw or lever in
order to hold something (such as a piece of wood) very firmly.

Wrenches

Wrenches are any of various hand or power tools, often having


fixed or adjustable jaws, used for gripping, turning, or twisting
objects such as nuts, bolts, or pipes.

 Center Punches

A center punch is used to mark the centre of a point. It is usually


used to mark the centre of a hole when drilling holes. A drill has
the tendency to "wander" if it does not start in a recess. A centre
punch forms a large enough dimple to "guide" the tip of the drill.
The tip of a centre punch has an angle between 60 and 90
degrees.
Abrasive Tools

An abrasive tools is a substance or material such as sandpaper,


pumice, or emery, used for cleaning, grinding, smoothing, or
polishing

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