Category: Gardening tools A modern hammer is directly descended from ancient hand tools A tool or device is a piece of equipment which typically provides a mechanical advantage in accomplishing a physical task. ... a Cutting Tool, in the context of Metalworking is any tool that is used to remove metal from the workpiece by means of shear deformation. ... A knife is a sharp-edged (single or double edged) instrument consisting of a thin blade used for cutting and fitted with a handle. ... This does not cite its references or sources. ... Portable saw A saw is a tool for cutting wood or other material, consisting of a serrated blade (a blade with the cutting edge dentated or toothed) and worked either by hand or by steam, water, electric or other power. ... A push style 5/16 keyway broach A broach is a series of chisel points mounted on one piece of steel. ... Several types of endmills An endmill is a type of Milling cutter, a cutting tool used in industrial milling applications. ... A reamer or ream is a tool for enlarging holes and is used in metalworking. ... Drill bits are cutting tools used to create cylindrical holes. ... A tool bit generally refers to a plain High Speed Steel (HSS) tool. ... A countersink is a tapered hole drilled with a wide outer portion. ... Axe For other uses, see Axe (disambiguation). ... ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Milling cutters are cutting tools used in milling machines or machining centres. ... Occams Razor or Hanlons razor A razor is a an edge tool (primarily, used in shaving). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... A scalpel is a very sharp knife used for surgery, anatomical dissection, and various arts and crafts. ... Different types of scissors - sewing, kitchen, paper Scissors are a tool used for cutting thin material which requires little force. ... A blade is the flat part of a tool or weapon that normally has a cutting edge and/or pointed end typically made of a metal, most recently, steel intentionally used to cut, stab, slice, throw, thrust, or strike an animate or inainimate object. ... This article discusses the anatomical nail. ... Swiss longsword, 15th or 16th century Look up Sword in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A switchblade (also known as automatic knife, switch, or in British English flick knife), is a type of knife with a folding blade that springs out of the grip when a button or lever on the grip is pressed. ... Two Tantō tantō blade hidden in a fan-shaped mounting A Tantō (短刀) is a Japanese knife or dagger with a blade length of about 15 - 30 cm (6 - 12). There is a disputed saying about the tantō, wakizashi, and katana stating they are The Tantō differs from the others as... A blank sheet of paper Paper is a commodity of thin material produced by the amalgamation of fibers, typically vegetable fibers composed of cellulose, which are subsequently held together by hydrogen bonding. ... A diagram of a water jet cutter A water jet cutter is a tool capable of slicing into metal or other materials using a jet of water at high velocity and pressure, or a mixture of water and an abrasive substance. ... Rusty spade small spade for clay soil; the other one for sandy soil and loamy soil A spade is a tool fit for digging, or something resembling that. ... Agricultural square bladed hoe. ... Hori hori is a gardening tool originally from Japan. ... A pitchfork next to a compost bin Pitching hay A pitchfork is a tool with a long handle and long, thin, widely separated pointed tines (also called prongs) used to lift and throw loose material, such as hay, leaves, grapes, or other agricultural products. ... A garden fork differs from a pitchfork because it is designed for digging rather than for lifting. ... A heavy-duty rake for soil and rocks A light-duty rake for grass and leaves A double-sided rake A Rake better known as Kiran Buckman in various parts of Australia (Old English raca, cognate with Dutch raak, German Rechen, from a root meaning to scrape together, heap up... For the constellation known as The Plough see Ursa Major. ... A lawn mower (often spelled as one word—lawnmower) is a machine (electric or mechnical) used to cut grass to an even length. ... In light-frame construction, a trimmer is a timber or metal beam (joist) that is installed perpendicular to floor or ceiling joists in order to allow an opening, such as a stairwell or dormer, to be formed. ... // A string trimmer, also called a line trimmer, edge trimmer, Weedeater (a brandname), Weedwhacker, weedy, whipper snipper, strimmer, garden strimmer, or bush cutter is a powered handheld device that uses a flexible monofilament line instead of a blade for cutting grass and other plants near objects. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... A rotary irrigation sprinkler in action. ... Garden hedges, which used to be cut with a knife or with pruning shears, can now be cut with a powered hedge trimmer. ... A lawn aerator is a garden tool designed to aerate the soil in which lawn grasses grow. ... A leaf sweeper can be pushed or towed. ... The leaf blower was invented by Japanese engineers in the early 1970s and introduced to the United States as a lawn and garden maintenance tool. ... A mini-tractor, also known as a compact tractor, can be used for a variety of purposes in larger gardens: lawn mowing, leaf sweeping, cultivating, removing snow, pulling a cart. ... A hand tool is a device for doing a particular job that does not use a motor, but is powered solely by the person using it. ... A Brace or Brace and bit is a hand tool used to drill holes. ... Steel woodworking chisel. ... A claw hammer For other uses, see Hammer (disambiguation). ... A basic screwdriver (slotted tip shown) The screwdriver is a device specifically designed to insert and tighten, or to loosen and remove, screws. ... A crossut handsaw In woodworking and carpentry, hand saws are used to cut pieces of wood into different shapes. ... Needle-nose pliers Pliers are hand tools, designed primarily for gripping objects by using leverage. ... A clamp is a fastening device to hold or secure objects tightly together to prevent movement or separation through the application of inward pressure. ... A spirit level A spirit level or bubble level is an instrument designed to indicate whether a surface is level or plumb. ... A sponge is a tool consisting of porous plastic used for cleaning impervious surfaces. ... A power tool is a tool with a motor. ... Large resaw blades used in a sawmill. ... Bosch belt sander Stationary belt sander. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Invented in England in 1780, the circular saw (also known as the buzz saw in the USA) is a metal disc or blade with saw teeth on the edge as well as the machine that causes the disk to spin. ... A concrete saw being readied for use. ... A crusher is a machine designed to reduce large solid chunks of raw material into smaller chunks. ... A diamond blade is a circular saw blade used for cutting hard or abrasive materials. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Sander. ... A child using an electric drill with a screwdriver bit mounted in the chuck. ... Rotating abrasive wheel on a bench grinder. ... Heat Gun Kit A heat gun is a device used to emit a stream of hot air. ... A 1/2 drive pistol-grip air impact wrench An impact wrench (also knows as an air wrench, air gun, or just gun in some contexts, as well as rattle gun in some countries) is a socket wrench power tool designed to deliver high torque output with minimal exertion by... Jointer A jointer (also known as a planer, surface planer, buzzer, or flat top) is a woodworking machine used in woodworking to produce a flat surface on a board. ... A Bosch power jigsaw A jigsaw is a type of saw used for cutting arbitrary curves, such as stenciled designs or other custom shapes, into a piece of wood or similar material. ... Conventional metalworking lathe In woodturning, metalworking, metal spinning, and glassworking, a lathe is a machine tool which spins a block of material so that when abrasive, cutting, or deformation tools are applied to the block, it can be shaped to produce an object which has rotational symmetry about an axis... A radial arm saw is a machine intended for cutting materials to length. ... Random orbit sanders are hand-held power sanders where the action is a random orbit. ... A handheld power tool with a variety of rotating accessory bits and attachments that can be used for cutting, carving, sanding, polishing and many other applications. ... A sander is a power tool used to smooth wood and automotive or wood finishes. ... A table saw or sawbench is the most common piece of large woodworking equipment. ... A thicknesser (also known as a thickness planer) is a woodworking machine which is used to create boards that are of an even thickness throughout their length. ... A D-handle fixed-base router A router is a woodworking tool used to rout out (hollow out) an area in the face of a piece of wood. ... An antique tool is generally defined as a tool over 100 years old[], but often this definition is used more loosely to refer to any tool manufactured before World War II. The use of tools is one of the primary means by which humans are distinguished from animals. ... A diamond tool is a cutting tool which contains diamond segments for cutting through a wide variety of materials which other cutting tools cannot. ...