Database of Tools (140 Entries)

Tools are devices for building, creating and maintaining things. These include everyday tools that are familiar to most people all the way up to professional tools that can be highly specialized and obscure.

All (142)

Basic Tools (18)

Home Tools (21)

Hobby Tools (16)

Garden Tools (22)

Woodworking & Carpentry (29)

Professional Tools (35)

Safety Gear (11)

Angle Grinder	Auger
Backsaw	Ball Peen Hammer
Basin Wrench	Belt Sander
Bench Grinder	Bolt Cutters
Brad Nailers & Finish Nailers	Brick Hammer
Bucket	Cable Tester
Carpenter's Square	Caulking Gun
Chainsaw	Chalk Line
Chisels	Circuit Analyzer
Circular Saw	Clamps
Concrete Mixer	Coping Saw
Crimpers	Cutting Mat
Diagonal Cutters	Drill
Drill Bits	Drill Press
Dust Collection Systems	Dust Masks
Ear Protection	Edging Spade
Electrician's Saw	Embossing Tools
Extension Cords	Extension Ladder
Face Shield	File
First Aid Kit	Flashlight
Flathead Screwdriver	Folding Saw
Garden Auger	Garden Fork
Garden Gloves	Garden Saw
Garden Scissors	Glue Gun
Hacksaw	Hammer
Hand Auger	Handsaw
Hard Hat	Heat Gun
Heat Shields & Pads	Hex Key Set
High-Visibility Vest	Hobby Drill
Hobby Knife	Hoe
Hose	Impact Driver
Impact Wrench	Insulated Gloves
Jigsaw	Knee Pads
Laser Level	Lawn Mowers
Level	Linemen's Pliers
Loppers	Mallet
Miter Saw	Multi-tool
Multimeter	Nail Gun
Nail Puller	Needle Nose Pliers
Orbital Sander	Paint Brushes
Paint Palette	Paint Roller & Tray
Paint Sprayer	Phillips Screwdriver
Pipe Bender	Pipe Cutter
Pipe Wrench	Pitchfork
Pliers	Plumber's Pliers
Plumber's Snake	Plumbing Wrenches
Plungers	Protractor
Pruning Saw	Pruning Shears
Pry Bar	Putty Knife
Rake	Rasp
Reciprocating Saw	Router
Ruler	Safety Glasses
Sanding Block	Sawhorses
Scissors	Shop Vacuum
Shovel	Sledgehammer
Soldering Iron	Spade
Stamping Tools	Staple Gun
Stencils	Step Ladder
Stitching Awl	Stud Finder
Sump Pump	Table Saw
Tack Hammer	Tape Measure
Tile Cutter	Tiller
Toolbox	Torch
Trowel	Tubing Cutter
Tweezers	Utility Knife
Vise	Watering Can
Weeder	Wheelbarrow
Wire Cutters	Wire Locator
Wire Strippers	Woodworking Plane
Work Gloves	Work Lights
Workbench	Wrenches, Ratchets & Sockets

Basic Tools

Tools that are useful to everyone for basic maintenance tasks. Something as trivial as changing a battery in a toy can require a tool such that everyone can benefit from a basic set of tools. The most essential tools are a tape measure, screwdriver set, hammer, level, pliers and wrenches or socket sets.

Home Tools

Homeownership tends to greatly expand your maintenance tasks and the number of tools that may be useful. Most homeowners will expand beyond hand tools into basic power tools such as a drill and may invest in things such as ladders that are generally useful around a house.

Hobby Tools

Hobby tools differ greatly by the hobby that can include everything from DIY electronics to sewing.

Garden Tools

Tools for gardening include basic things such as a shovel, lawn care equipment such as a lawnmower and specialized machines for growing food that begin to resemble farming equipment such as a tiller.

Woodworking & Carpentry Tools

Woodworking and carpentry is a big category of tools that include a significant number of power tools. For example, a number of saw technologies such as a circular saw that is easily portable to job sites or table saws that are better at producing accurate cuts.

Professional Tools

Tools used by trades such as plumbers, electricians or masons.

Safety Gear

As with tools, safety gear comes in great variety that is often specialized to a task. For example, cut resistant gloves or electrical insulated gloves. These are often rated at different levels of protection.

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