Hand tool

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.

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

Hand tool manufacturers

Current	Bondhus · Bradford Tool Industries · Buck Bros. · Channellock · Cooper Hand Tools (Crescent, Lufkin, Xcelite) · Cornwell Tools · Danaher Corporation (Allen, Armstrong Tools, Easco Hand Tools, GearWrench, K-D Tools, Matco 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 · 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)

Hand tool

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