Mechanical Tools

Cutting Tools:

These tools are compact and light weight and like the name indicates they are used to cut parts like wood, metal, plastic etc. Cutting tools include:

• Scissors

• Knives

• Saw

• Blades etc.

Grabbing and Clamping Tools

Grabbing and clamping tools are hand-held tools that are used to hold materials in place while they are being worked upon.

These tools also help in shaping and bending a wide variety of materials. Grabbing and Clamping Tools include:

• C-Clamps

• Pliers

• Bench Vise

• Tweezers (for small objects) etc.

Hammers and Mallets

Hammers and mallets are also known as finishing tools. Different hammers have different purposes.

• Ball Point Hammer - Used for rounding off edges

• Nail Hammer - Used to nail an object and remove nails

• Tack Hammer - The flat side of the tack hammer is magnetized and it helps in holding small nails in place

• Mallet - Used in driving chisels

Screw Drivers and Fasteners

Hand-held tools used to fasten objects using screws. There are different types of screwdrivers like Phillips Screw Driver etc. Allen Key Set is a set of tools that can fasten/ unfasten a special set of screws

Spanners

Spanners are tools that provides grip and mechanical advantage in applying torque/force to turn objects.

An adjustable wrench has a movable jaw. It allows us to use different sizes of fastener heads