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i need the english terminologies of basic hand tools like screwdrivers,cross or straight head, pliers etc…

Hammer, needle-nose pliers, long handle screw driver, short handle screw driver, phillips or regular screwdriver, ratchet screwdriver, open end wrench, closed end wrench, vice grips, level, socket, deep socket, torx head driver, oil filter wrench, wire-strippers, channel locks, monkey wrench, L&N wrench (hex), pipe wrench, drill, grinder, wire brush, file, chissel, saw, metal saw, wood saw, tin snips, table saw, band saw, circular saw. Ok, now I’m into power tools, sorry.

9 Responses

1. OriginalBubble Says:
   February 22nd, 2010 at 3:35 am

   Most of them are the same. We sometimes call a cross head screwdriver a phillips head
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2. ssrz71 Says:
   February 22nd, 2010 at 3:52 am

   And straight screwdrivers are called slotted. Best thing to do is get a tool catalog and find what you need there.
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3. LuckyChucky Says:
   February 22nd, 2010 at 4:34 am

   Hammer, needle-nose pliers, long handle screw driver, short handle screw driver, phillips or regular screwdriver, ratchet screwdriver, open end wrench, closed end wrench, vice grips, level, socket, deep socket, torx head driver, oil filter wrench, wire-strippers, channel locks, monkey wrench, L&N wrench (hex), pipe wrench, drill, grinder, wire brush, file, chissel, saw, metal saw, wood saw, tin snips, table saw, band saw, circular saw. Ok, now I’m into power tools, sorry.
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4. amos Says:
   February 22nd, 2010 at 5:23 am

   cross head=phillips
   wrench=spanner
   pipe wrench=adjustable or swan neck
   wire cutters=snips

   everything else is the same I think, but if I remember any more I`ll get back to you
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   I mostly buy snap-on usa

5. Denzle Says:
   February 22nd, 2010 at 5:47 am

   A normal screwdriver……A Phillips or cross head s/d…..
   A snubnose s/d is a short shafted s/d….An electrical s/d can be just a little s/d for very small screws….Or can be a testing screw driver which has a light built in, so when you touch a live wire It lights up………Normal pliers……Snubnose pliers……are short pointed pliers…Longnose are long pointed pliers……Side cutters have two blades like toenail cutters…used for cutting things like cottapins…They are also called cottapliers.
   You also have curved shortnose or longnose pointed pliers… Also there are flatnose pliers….electrical pliers that have an adjuster so you can strip wire without cutting it through….You also have electrical pliers just made for wire….They are used for stripping…cutting..and squeezing electrical fittings to the end of the wire……Then you have mole grips which you adjust the opening of the mouth and clamp to anything…..Then…. Adjustable wrench, that you use for large nuts…
   Pipe grips, for undoing pipe fittings…..An adjustable spanner..for different size nuts…..An Easyout is a tool for removing broken bolts..It has a left hand thread…..You drill a hole down the centre of the broken bolt, and wind in the easyout until it grips and turns the bolt…..A rubber hammer…"yes" and don’t laugh…A rubber hammer is used for fitting tyres without damaging the rim. Metal cutter are sometimes called snips…I hope this is sufficient…
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6. sarch_uk Says:
   February 22nd, 2010 at 5:57 am

   Some great answers here…and if you look at Screwfix you will see what name applies to what…
   http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/home-main.jsp?screwfixHomeTab=screfixHome&gtse=GOOG&gtkw=screw+fix
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7. Carpenter Says:
   February 22nd, 2010 at 6:26 am

   As a Brit working in the USA as a carpenter and in the mists of time an engineer I can think of few tools which use a different terminology. Those that spring readily to mind are,

   1. Wrench is a spanner.
   2. A crescent wrench is an adjustable spanner.
   3. A cross-head screwdriver is a phillips head screwdriver.

   Even given the vagaries of American English I can’t think of anything else that a Brit wouldn’t recognise.
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8. fcatt Says:
   February 22nd, 2010 at 6:55 am

   Most tools listed apart from a Pozi-drive screwdriver. Pozi-drive screws can be mistaken for Philips head screws , the easy way to check is look at the head. A pozi-drive has a very small groove between each slot. If you are putting in a screw with an electric drill/driver and the bit spins in the screw head when it`s getting tight it usually means you`ve got the wrong bit in. Most drill bits have their size stamped on them eg ph2 =Philips No 2 pz2 + pozi No 2
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9. liko Says:
   February 22nd, 2010 at 7:22 am

   check it on http://www.screwfix.com
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