Power tool

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A power tool is a tool powered by an electric motor. The addition of the motor, usually electric but possibly pneumatic, powder actuated hydraulic or gas, reduces the work required by the operator, and sometimes makes it possible for the operator to do things that are difficult or impossible to do by hand.

Common power tools include the drill, various types of saws, the router, the electric sander, and the lathe. All of these tools have manual equivalents (see hand tool).

The term power tool is also used in a more general sense, meaning a technique for greatly simplifying a complex or difficult task.

[edit] List of power tools

Power tools include:

• Air Compressor
• Band saw
• Belt sander
• Chainsaw
• Circular saw
• Concrete saw
• Crusher
• Diamond Blade
• Diamond tools
• Disc sander
• Drill
• Heat gun
• Impact wrench
• Jointer
• Jigsaw
• Lathe
• Nail gun (Electric and Battery as well as Powder Actuated)
• Powder Actuated Tools
• Radial arm saw
• Random orbital sander
• Rotary tool (such as Dremel)
• Sander
• Table saw
• Thickness planer
• Wood router
• grinder
• Trimmer

[edit] See also

• Antique tool
• Cutting tool
• Diamond tool
• Garden tool
• Hand tool
• Powder Actuated Tools
• Metalworking
• Tool
• Woodworking

[edit] External links

• DIYinfo.org's Power Tools Wiki - Practical information on all the power tools you'll use in and around the house
• Encylopedia of power tools by Bosch
• Power Tools Overview on vital power tools on Inside Woodworking
• Information On the choice and safe use of power tools from DeWALT Uk
• Choosing the Right Power Tools
• Diamond Blades Information
• Powertools2U Large resource of powertool information

WikiProject Metalworking: This article is part of Metalworking hand tools.