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A hand tool is a device for performing work on a material or a physical system using only hands. The hand tools can be manually used employing force, or electrically powered, using electrical current. Virtually every type of tool can be a hand tool and many have also been adapted as power tools, which get their motive power from motors or engines rather than from human mechanical action.

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v d e Types of tools

Cleaning tools	Broom Brush Feather duster Floor buffer Hataki Ice resurfacer Mop Mop bucket cart Needlegun scaler Pipe cleaner Pressure washer Sponge Squeegee Steam mop Tawashi Vacuum cleaner

Cutting and abrasive tools	Blade Bolt cutter Broach Ceramic tile cutter Chisel Coping saw Countersink Diamond blade Diamond tool Draw knife Drill bit Emery cloth File Fretsaw Froe Glass cutter Grater Grinding wheel Hand saw Knife Miter saw Nail clipper Pipecutter Plane Pocket knife Rasp Razor Reamer Sandpaper Saw Scalpel Scissors Steel wool Surform Switchblade Utility knife Water jet cutter Wire brush Wire cutter Wire stripper

Garden tools	Adze Axe Baling hook Billhook Bow saw Chainsaw Cultivator Earth auger Edger Garden fork Garden hose Garden trowel Hatchet Hedge trimmer Hoe Hori hori Irrigation sprinkler Lawn aerator Lawn mower Lawn sweeper Leaf blower Loppers Loy Machete Mattock Pickaxe Pitchfork Plough (plow) Post hole digger Pruning shears (secateurs) Rake Roller Rotary tiller Scythe Shovel Sickle Slasher Spade Splitting maul String trimmer

Hand tools	Block plane BNC inserter/remover Brace Bradawl Breaker bar Card scraper Cat's paw Caulking gun Clamp Crimping pliers Crowbar Grease gun Fish tape Hammer Hand truck Hawk Hex key Jack Lug wrench Locking pliers Mallet Mitre box Monkey wrench Multi-tool Nut driver Paint roller Paintbrush Pipe wrench Pliers Plumber's snake Plunger Punch Punch down tool Putty knife Ratchet Sink wrench Scratch awl Screwdriver Sledgehammer Socket wrench Spike maul Staple gun Stitching awl Strap wrench Tire iron Torque wrench Trowel Upholstery hammer Wrench (spanner)

Machine and metalworking tools	Automatic lathe Ball-peen hammer Broaching machine Drill press Endmill English wheel Gear shaper Grinding machine Hacksaw Hobbing machine Jig borer Lathe Metalworking lathe Milling cutter Milling machine Planer Plasma cutter Screw machine Shaper Tap and die Thread restorer Tool bit Turret lathe Welder

Measuring and alignment tools	Architect's scale Beam compass Caliper Chalk box Compass Engineer's scale Flexible curve Jig Laser level Laser line level Laser measuring tool Micrometer Plumb-bob Protractor Ruler Scale Sliding T bevel Spirit level Square Straightedge Tape measure Template

Power tools	Angle grinder Bandsaw Belt sander Blow torch Chop saw Circular saw Concrete saw Crusher Cutting torch Die grinder Drill Glue gun Heat gun Impact wrench Jackhammer Jigsaw Jointer Nail gun Power trowel Radial arm saw Random orbital sander Reciprocating saw Rotary tool Router table Sander Scroll saw Soldering gun Soldering iron Steam box Table saw Thickness planer Wood router Wood shaper

Other	Antique tools Backscratcher Bucket Comb Flashlight Halligan bar Kelly tool Ladder Pencil Tool belt Toolbox Vise Workbench

v d e Hand tool manufacturers

Current	Apex Tool Group (Allen, Armstrong Tools, Crescent, GearWrench, K-D Tools, Lufkin, Nicholson, SATA Tools, Wiss, Xcelite · Bondhus · Bradford Tool Industries · Buck Bros. · Channellock · Cornwell Tools · Digitool Solutions · Disston Saw Works · Eklind · Emerson (Ridgid) · Empire Level · Estwing · Felo · FEW · Fiskars (Gerber) · Gardner Bender · Gedore · Gray Tools · Hazet · Heyco · Ideal Industries (Pratt-Read, SK Hand Tools, Western Forge) · Klein Tools · Knipex · KUKKO · Leatherman · Lie-Nielsen Toolworks · Lisle Corporation · Matco Tools · Newell Rubbermaid (Irwin, Lenox) · Park Tool · PB Swiss · Saltus · Sandvik · Snap-on (Bahco, CDI Torque Products, J.H. Williams Tool Group) · Stahlwille · Stanley Black & Decker (Blackhawk, Bostitch, Facom, Mac Tools, Proto, Sidchrome, Stanley Hand Tools) · Textron (Greenlee, Klauke, Paladin Tools) · Techtronic Industries (Milwaukee) · Thorsen Manufacturing · Tomé Fèteira · Toptul · Vaughan · Victorinox (Wenger) · Wera Tools · Wescott · Wiha Tools · Witte Tools · Wright Tool

Historic	Hinsdale · Indestro · New Britain Machine Company · Utica Tools (Bonney Forge, Herbrand)

House brands	Ace Hardware (Ace Tools) · AutoZone (Duralast) · Blain's Farm and Fleet (Duracraft) · Canadian Tire (Mastercraft) · The Home Depot (Husky, Workforce) · Lee Valley (Veritas) · Lowe's (Kobalt) · Menards (Masterforce) · Sears (Craftsman)

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