Types of Hammer and Their Uses

a. Ball peen hammer is a tool used for hammering metal tools such as punches and chisels.

b. Soft face hammer is a tool made of plastic, rawhide or material that will not mar or break
other tools or materials being hammered.

c. Sledge hammer is a tool made with a heavy steel head and a long handle for breaking or
pounding with substantial force.

d. Claw hammer is a tool used for driving or pulling nails.

Punches, Chisels, Bars and Their Uses

a. Pin punch is a tool used for driving both straight and tapered pins into or out of hubs or
shafts.

a. Centre punch is a tool used for indenting metal to safely start a drill.
c. Flat chisel is a tool used for cutting off bolt heads or splitting nuts.

d. Pry bar is a tool used for a variety of jobs, but generally for prying equipment into alignment.

e. Scratch awl is a tool used for making on metal, making screw holes in sheet metal, and for
aligning screw holes.

Types of Files and Their Uses

b. Half round file is a tool used for fitting rounded surfaces.

c. Round File is a tool used for smoothing or enlarging holes in metal; because of the tapered
end, they are often called “rat-tail” files.
d. Point file is a tool used for cleaning up damaged threads or other “fine” work; it is sometimes
called a “saw” file.

e. Triangular file a tool used for working in tight places and “fine” finish work.

Socket Sets and Their Uses

a. Ratchet Handle is used to drive handle socket that fits on so that tightening or loosening
motion can be limited to a short back and forth motion.

b. Socket. Is a device that snaps onto a ratchet handle so the device can be used to work on
hex-head bolts or nuts.

c. Deep socket. Is a device that snaps on to a ratchet handle so the device can be used to work
on hex-head bolts or nuts that are in recessed places that a regular socket cannot reach.
d. Extension refers to a rod that extends from the socket to the handle to extend the socket
into hard-to-reach places.

e. Torque wrench is a tool used for tightening hex-head bolts and nuts to specified limits

f. Speed handle is a tool used to drive by operating with both hands so that an operator can
loosen or tighten nuts and bolts quickly.

g. Universal joint refers to device that fits between a handle and a socket to permit the socket
to be turned to any one of several angles and to facilitate hard-to-reach nuts and bolts.

Tubing Tools and Their Uses

a. Tubing cutter is a tool used for smoothly cutting tubing with opposing cutting wheels that are
slowly tightened by a ratchet-like control as the cutter is turned around.
b. Flaring block is a tool used for holding tubing according to its size so that it can be flared.

c . Flaring tool is a tool used for forcing a 45o cone into the end of a copper tube being held in a
flaring block.

d. Tube reamer is a tool used for cleaning burrs inside the tubing that has been cut; it is often
built into a tubing cutter.

e. Double flare punch is a tool used with a flaring block to bend tubing back and force it down
and roll it into the open tubing end to make a tube with double thickness.

f. Swage punch is a tool used for enlarging the end cut tubing so that another tube size can be
placed into the tubing and soldered

g. Lever-type bender is a tool used for bending tube in such a way that the tubing will retain its
rounded shape and not flatten out at the point of the bend.
h. Bending spring is a tool used for placement over the outside of the tubing to keep the tubing
from collapsing while it is being bent.

Threading Tools and Their Uses

a. Tap is a tool used for cutting inside threads in a hole.

b. Hand tap wrench refers to the handle used for threading inside threads with a tap.

c. T-handle tap Wrench refers to the handle with an adjustable holding device mush like the
chuck on a drill. Used with a tap to drill inside threads, especially smaller size threads.

d. Round stock die is a tool used for cutting external threads on round stock and is available in
many sizes and specifications

e. Die stock refers to the handle that fits over a round a die to secure it and facilitate turning.
f. Pipe cutter refers to the adjustable clamp-type device with sharp-edged rollers that cut into
pipe as they are tightened and turned

g. Pipe die is a tool used for cutting external threads on pipe.

h. Pipe die stock ratchet is a tool used for handle designed especially for speeding up the
cutting of external pipe threads.

Other Hand Tools and Their Uses

a. Wire stripper is a tool used for removing insulation from electrical wires without damaging
the wires.
b. Drop light is a tool used to provide light in dark or poorly-lit work areas. These lights
frequently have an electrical outlet in the handle, but because they are made of small-
gauge wire, they should not be used to power appliances such as refrigerators.

c. Oil can refer to a tool that has a long, flexible spout to reach hard-to-reach places, a cap to
prevent oil from dripping out.

d. Hack saw is a tool used for cutting metals in installation and service work, but not
recommended for cutting refrigeration tubing because the fittings can contaminate a system.

e. Screw starter is used for starting small slot or Philips head screws in hard-to-reach places.