Tools Terminology Flashcards

(Channel-Lock) Adjustable Pliers - wrap unusually shaped wires

Claw Hammer - driving, withdrawing nails

Ball-Pin Hammer - shape, form metals

(Rubber Mallet) Soft-Faced Hammer - impact without damaging surfaces

Linemans Pliers (Kleins) - manipulating soft wires (pulling, cutting, bending, twisting) i.e. copper

(Needle) Longnose Pliers - side cutters

Side Cutters - cut electrical or soft wires

Vice-Grip (Locking) Pliers - stronger grip, broken nuts, damaged objects

Combination Wrench - (boxed and open end) size specific, driving hex bolts/nuts

(Crescent) Adjustable Wrench - driving hex bolts/nuts, adjustable (disadvantage: not for high torque)

Pipe Wrench - to drive pipes

Spud-Wrench - flat jaws, use on unions-pipes

(Exacto) Utility Knife

(Ratchet) Socket Set - driving different size bolts

Aligning Bar

Allen Keys - driving allen bolts, big machinery

Banana Knife

Bench Vice

Center Punch - marking purposes, drilling point

Chip Puller - electronic chip, vertical pull

Cold Chisel - breaking into material

Combination Square - installation purposes

Die and Die Handle

Drift Punch - (tapered body, flat tip) lining puposes

Drill Vice

File

File Card

Hack Saw

Micrometer - precision purposes

Nut Driver - driving nuts and bolts

Offset Screwdriver - limited/confined space, 1” clearance

Pin Punch - (straight body, flat tip) driving pins in and out, assembling and disassembling

Pipe Cutter

Pipe Die

Pipe Reamer - clean inside of pipe (metal shavings)

Pipe Vice

Pipe Wrench - to drive pipes

Putty Knife (Scraper)

Screw Starter

Solder Iron

Torpedo Level - installation purposes

Torque Wrench - for packing, rotation of force (arm) (disadvantage: chances of over torquing)

Tube Benders - bend tubing at desire angles, size specific

Tube Cutter - cut instrumentation tubing, blade compatible to material

Vernier Caliper - precision measurment purposes

Wire Strippers - strip insullation off wires