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This document provides descriptions, uses, and precautions for 10 common hand tools: chisel, hammer, screwdriver, handsaw, pliers, wrench, crowbar, putty knife, pick axe, and tile cutter. It describes what each tool is used for, such as cutting wood for handsaws, applying torque for wrenches, and breaking rocks for pick axes. The document also lists some basic safety precautions for using these tools.

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Hand Tools

This document provides descriptions, uses, and precautions for 10 common hand tools: chisel, hammer, screwdriver, handsaw, pliers, wrench, crowbar, putty knife, pick axe, and tile cutter. It describes what each tool is used for, such as cutting wood for handsaws, applying torque for wrenches, and breaking rocks for pick axes. The document also lists some basic safety precautions for using these tools.

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HAND TOOLS DESCRIPTION USE PRECAUTIONS HAZARD CAUSES

1. Chisel a cutting tool with a It is used in dressing,


sharpened edge at shaping, or working a
the end of a metal solid material such as
blade, used often by wood, stone, or
driving with a metal.
mallet or
hammering

2. Hammer A hammer is a tool, hammers are used for


most often a hand general carpentry,
tool, consisting of a framing, nail pulling,
weighted "head" cabinet making,
fixed to a long assembling furniture,
handle that is upholstering,
swung to deliver an finishing, riveting,
impact to a small bending or shaping
area of an area. metal, striking
masonry drill and
steel chisels
3. Screwdriver Screwdriver, a tool Screwdrivers are a
usually hand- type of hand tool
operated, for used for the insertion
turning screws with and removal of
slotted heads. screws.
4. Handsaw  a tool that has a Hand saws can be
long or round blade used for many things
with sharp points, including roughly
for cutting hard cutting wood and
materials such as logs, making intricate
wood) that is curved cuts in wood,
operated by hand in professional trades
rather than using or simply at home and
electricity  in the garden
5. Pliers Pliers allows the Pliers come in a
user to firmly grasp variety of shapes and
an object (usually a sizes and are used for
nail or wire) so that a variety of purposes.
it can be tightened Some are used to grip
or loosened, round objects like
twisted or cut. pipes and rods, some
Pliers are usually are used to twist wire,
made up of five and some
parts, two handles, are designed for a
tongue and two combination of tasks
jaws. such as cutting wire. 

6. Wrench A tool used to used for gripping,


provide grip and fastening, turning,
mechanical tightening and
advantage while loosening things like
applying torque to pipes, pipe fittings,
rotate or nuts and bolts
prevent the rotation
of an object usually
a rotating fastener
such as a nut or
bolt.
7. Crowbar A common hand Used to pull two
tool, the crow bar is objects apart. Their
typically made of angled, flattened end
medium-carbon acts as a lever,
steel, possibly allowing you to apply
hardened on its a significant amount
ends of force between
objects.

8. Putty Knife A tool with a broad Used for scraping


flat metal blade surfaces or spreading
used especially for material such as
applying putty and plaster in various
for scraping. construction trades.

9. Pick axe T-shaped hand tool It is used for breaking


used for prying. Its rocks or hard ground.
head is typically
metal, attached
perpendicularly to a
longer handle,
traditionally made
of wood,
occasionally metal,
and increasingly
fiberglass
10. Tile Cutter Is a simple scoring It is used for cutting
tool used to cut ceramic and porcelain
straight lines in tiles. It works quickly
ceramic and and is able to make
porcelain tile straight and diagonal
cuts. 

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