1st Flashcards
manipulated by hands without using electrical energy
HAND TOOLS
examples of HAND TOOLS
PLIERS
SCREW DRIVER
HAMMER
Used to loosen or tighten with
screws slotted heads.
SCREW DRIVERS
The blade tip is wedge- shaped and resembles a negative sign.
Use to drive screws with a single slot head.
A.Standard /Flat Screw
Driver
This has a cross tip resembling a positive (+) sign. This is used to drive screws with cross slot heads
B. Philips Screw Driver
This could be in the shapeof a screw driver or a wrench. Its function is to drive screw with hexagonal slot head.
C. Wrench
These are tools used in driving or pounding and pulling out nails. They are made of hard steel, wood, plastic or rubber.
HAMMERS
examples of hammers
Claw
Mallet
Ball peen
Used
for cutting,
twisting,
bending,
holding, and gripping wires and cables.
PLIERS
-Used for gripping, holding, and cutting electrical wires, cables, and even small nails.
A. Combination Pliers (Lineman’s
Pliers)
This type of pliers is used for cutting fine, medium and big wires and cables.
B. Side Cutting Pliers
This can reach tight space or small opening where other pliers cannot reach and also used in making terminal loops of copper wires.
C. Long Nose Pliers
• A tool used for
removing insulation of medium sized wires ranging from gauge
#10 to gauge #16
WIRE STRIPPER
are tools manipulated by our hands and with the use of electrical energy.
MACHINE/ POWER TOOLS
A small drilling machine with a chuck capacity of ¼”to 3/8”. It is used in
making holes on metal sheets and concrete walls.
Portable Electric Drill