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1.0 Basic Handtools By Category

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Screwdriver types

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Pliers variations

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Wrenches classified

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Hammers

Screwdriver Types

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Standard or Slotted Tip

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Phillips

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Hex or Allen head

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Offset

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Torx

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Ratcheting

Standard Tip

Phillips 

seven sizes: 000,00,0,1,2,3,4

Hex

Offset

Torx

Ratcheting

Pliers 

think of as “super-fingers”; never on bolts/nuts

Pliers  Combination or Slip Joint  Arc Joint or Water Pump or Channel Lock or Tongue and groove  Side Cutting or Diagonal Cutting  Needle Nose  Locking or Vice Grip  others (electrical crimps...)

Combination

Water Pump or Arc Joint or Channel Lock

Side Cutting

Neddle Nose

Locking Pliers

Others

Wrenches  Hand tool used for turning threaded fasteners by use of gripping jaws.  There are a number of different types of wrenches.

Wrenches          Open End Box End Combination Adjustable or Crescent Obstruction Ratcheting Box Offset Box Flare Nut Socket or Ratchet

Open End

Box End

Combination

Adjustable/Cresent

Obstruction

Ratcheting Box

Offset Box

Flare Nut

Socket Wrenches

Drive Size  ¼  3/8  ½  ¾  1

Sockets  Four descriptors for every socket  1. Size (dia.) (Metric or SAE)  2. Depth  3. Drive  4. Point Style

Sockets  Size, or Dia.

 Always written on side

Point Style

Sockets (Deep Vs. Short)

Hammers  Ball Peen  Dead Blow  Drilling / Engineer / Mini Sledge  Claw

Hammers

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