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A file is a tool used to remove fine amounts of

material from a workpiece. It is common


in woodworking, metalworking, and other similar
trade and hobby tasks. Most are hand tools, made
of a case hardened steel bar of rectangular,
square, triangular, or round cross-section, with one
or more surfaces cut with sharp, generally parallel
teeth.

Box Wrench - is a tool used to provide grip


and mechanical advantage in applying torque to
turn objectsusually rotary fasteners, such
as nuts and boltsor keep them from turning.

Flaring tool is a type of compression fitting used


with metal tubing, usually soft steel, ductile (soft)
copper and aluminum, though other materials are
also used. Tube flaring is considered to be a type
of forging operation, and is usually a cold working
procedure.
Flat Screwdriver with a flat wedge-
shaped tip that fits into a slot in the head
of a screw.

Claw Hammer - a hammer with one side of the


head split and curved, used for extracting nails.

Ball Peen Hammer - a hammer with a rounded


end opposite the face.
Vice Grip - Locking pliers, mole grips (mole
wrench) or vise-grips are pliers that can be locked
into position, using an over-center action.

Side Cutter Plier - Diagonal pliers (or


wire cutters or diagonal cutting pliers or
diagonalcutters) are pliers intended for
the cutting of wire (they are generally not used to
grab or turn anything). The plane defined by
the cutting edges of the jaws intersects the joint
rivet at an angle or "on a diagonal", hence the
name.

Electrical Plier - are a type of pliers used


byelectricians and other tradesmen primarily for
gripping, twisting, bending and cutting wire and
cable.

Vernier Caliper - a small movable graduated scale


for obtaining fractional parts of subdivisions on a
fixed main scale of a barometer, sextant, or other
measuring instrument.
Copper Tube -is most often used for supply of hot
and cold tap water, and as refrigerant line in HVAC
systems. There are two basic types of copper
tubing, soft copperand rigid copper. Copper
tubing is joined using flare connection,
compression connection, or solder.

Wire Stripper - s a small, hand-held device used


to strip the electrical insulation from electric wires.

Mechanical Plier -are a hand tool used to hold


objects firmly, possibly developed from tongs used
to handle hot metal in Bronze Age Europe. They
are also useful for bending and compressing a
wide range of materials.

Long Nose Plier -(also known as pointy-nose


pliers, long-nose pliers, pinch-nose pliers or
snipe-nose pliers) are both cutting and
holding pliers used by artisans, jewellery
designers, electricians, network engineers and
other tradesmen to bend, re-position and snip wire.
Philip Screw Driver - A screwdriver having
a cross-shaped tip rather than the rectangular
tip of a standard (flat-blade) screwdriver.

Micrometer - a gauge that measures small


distances or thicknesses between its two
faces, one of which can be moved away from
or toward the other by turning a screw with a
fine thread.

Pipe Wrench - is an adjustablewrench/spanner


used for turning soft iron pipes and fittings with a
rounded surface. The design of the adjustable jaw
allows it to lock in the frame, such that any forward
pressure on the handle tends to pull the jaws
tighter together.

Soldering Iron - a tool used for melting solder and


applying it to metals that are to be joined.
Open-End Wrench - a wrench with jaws having a
fixed width of opening at one or both endsof the
handle.

Tin Cutter/Shears - a cutting instrument in which


two blades move past each other, like scissors but
typically larger.

Hack Saw - a saw with a narrow fine-toothed


blade set in a frame, used especially for cutting
metal.
Box Wrench - a cylindrical wrench with a
hexagonal end fitting over the head of a nut, used
especially when the nut is difficult to reach.

Ring Expander -A spring device placed


under a piston ring to hold it snugly
against the cylinder wall.

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