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Lesson 2

This document provides an overview of different types of tools used in construction and repair work, including their purposes. It describes various screwdrivers, wrenches, pliers, hammers, sockets, tubing tools, and other hand tools. For each tool type, specific varieties are identified along with their intended uses, such as for tightening or loosening bolts in tight spaces. The document aims to inform readers about the different hand tools available and how they can be applied.

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Lesson 2

This document provides an overview of different types of tools used in construction and repair work, including their purposes. It describes various screwdrivers, wrenches, pliers, hammers, sockets, tubing tools, and other hand tools. For each tool type, specific varieties are identified along with their intended uses, such as for tightening or loosening bolts in tight spaces. The document aims to inform readers about the different hand tools available and how they can be applied.

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LESSON 2

DIFFERENT TYPES OF TOOLS:


Types of screwdrivers and their uses:

a. Standard slot is a tool used for turning with a slot-head bolt or screw

b. Philips is a tool used for turning with Philips-head bolts or screw

c. Clutch head is a tool used for turning with a clutch head bolt or screw

d. Torx head is a tool used for turning with a torx bolt or screw

e. Stub is a tool used for tightening or loosening in places where a longer blade will not fit especially in
narrow places.
f. Offset is a tool used for tightening or loosening in extremely close places.

Types of Wrenches and Their Uses:

a. Open wrench is a tool used for working with hex-head bolts, nuts, or screws.

b. Box wrench refers to the tool with flat interior surfaces so that it is less likely to slip off when working
with hex-head bolts, nuts, or screws when added torque is applied.

c. Combination wrench is a tool with an open end


and a box end. It is designed for the convenience of an operator who may need an open end for speed
tightening and loosening while the box end is
used for adding torque.

d. Adjustable open wrench is a tool used for working with hex-head bolts, nuts, and screws of various
sizes.

e. Pipe wrench is a tool used for working with pipe, pipe fittings, and other rounded surfaces.
f. Flare nut wrench is a tool used for working with hex-head nuts, bolts, or screws in which the open end
permits the wrench to slip over tubing.

Types of Pliers and Their Uses:

a. Slip joint is a tool used for holding or turning a part where surface marring is not a problem.

b. Slip groove is a tool used on a wider surface and where more leverage may be required.

c. Long Nose is a tools used for holding small nuts, screws, or for reaching hard reached places.

d. Diagonal cutter is a tool used for cutting wire only.

e. Self-locking pliers is a tool used for working where tight grip is needed. It also locks in place to free
operator to use another tool.
f. Pinch-off wrench is a tool designed especially to crimp refrigeration tubing to prevent loss of
refrigerant when a tube is being soldered or brazed.

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


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.

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 refers 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.

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