TLE 7

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SUBMITTED BY:
JEAN JOSHUA MORCOSO
GRADE 7-SCHOLARSHIP
 A very versatile tool is a
The first hand-tool or for plier. You can cut
that matter tool in general wires/metal, tighten or
that comes to mind is loosen nuts and bolts, grip
probably a hammer. It is a an object, remove nails
very simple tool and also with the help of pliers.
dangerous at the same Needle-Nose Pliers,
time. You can use Electrical (Linesman’s)
hammers to drive nails, Pliers, Cutting Pliers, Slip-
hit an object with great Joint Pliers are some
impact, join two pieces of common types of pliers.
wood or dismantle an
item.
There are several types of
hammers such as a claw
hammer, a ball-peen
hammer, a sledge hammer,
a mallet to name a few.

One of the simplest tools are screw drivers. As the name suggests, they help you in driving screws
TYPES OF HAND TOOLS i.e., you can insert (tighten) or remove (loosen) screws from wood, metal, masonry etc.
AT HOME Phillips and Flathead Screwdrivers are very popular but there are other types of screw drives such
as Torx (Star), Tri-Wing, Hex, Pozidriv etc. All these types actually refer to the shape of the screw
head it can drive.