Hand tool

Hand Tools

Clamps & Pliers

G clamp

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Long nosed Pliers

Pliers for use in very confined spaces

Circlip Pliers

Pliers for fitting and removing circlips

Sidecutters

Type of wirecutting pliers

Fencing pliers

• Hammer, wire cutter and tensioner in one

Grozz Pliers

Glasswork

Knives

Wallpaper knife

• Lightweight plastic knife with snapoff blade
• 9mm & 18m blades
• Very cheap, many for £1

Rotary Knife

• score or cut into soft materials such as lino & vinyl tiles
• Not much use for other DIY tasks, due to very little cutting power.

Levels

Card Level

• Finds any angle with a piece of card & a pin.
• Much more versatile than spirit level

Painting

Shave hook

Often blunt when bought. Sharpening them makes them work!

Woodwork

Screwdriver

include:

• long
• stubby
• 90 degree cranked

Moulding Plane

• Produces moulded timber profiles
• Now replaced by routers & spindle moulders

Breast drill

• Type of hand drill
• Top end of drill designed to be pressed against the chest in use

Brace

• Another type of drill

Spoke Shave

• A very short plane for use on curved surfaces and in restricted spaces

Hammers

Claw hammer

• Most popular hammer
• Nail pulling claws on one side

Clubhammer

• Heavier, eg 4lb

Ball pein hammer

• One rounded striking face

Sledge hammer

• Very heavy hammer
• Long handle
• Used for serious violence, eg concrete breaking

Dead blow hammer

• No rebound
• Hollow head contains shot

Scutch hammer

• Breaks bricks cleanly
• Replaceable toolface

Bars

Wrecking bar

• Demolition

Material Handling

Spade

• Stainles steel gives less friction

Fork

• Stainles steel gives less friction

Wheelbarrow

• Dyson's original ballbarrows are much less likely to sink into mud, giving much easier ride on wet soil, but they're no longer made.

Carrying handle

• Enables one person to carry 8x4 sheets

Sieve

• Power sieves exist now fwiw

Cutters

Wirecutters

• Good idea to keep separate cutters for steel wire and copper wire, as iron & steel wires damage cutters.

Tinsnips

• Sheet metal cutting scissors
• Uncomfortable to use

Aviation Tinsnips

• A much improved design of sheet metal cutter.

Wire strippers

Any of a number of designs of wirestripper

Meat Cleaver

Designed for butchers, these make a good small axe for trimming small trees and general gardening. Add some red paint if you want to keep the neighbours away.

More

Jeweller's screwdrivers

• For repairing small appliances

Extension Bar

• The type manufactured for socket sets gives increased torque.
• Ordinary hollow bar fitted over hand tools is famed in industry for assorted safety risks.

Blowlamp

• Soldering plumbing
• Applying unmodified flat roofing felt in winter

Grindstone

For sharpening Very large grindstones on broom handles were formerly used for terrazzo. Thank god for power tools.

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