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Tape measures that were intended for use in tailoring or dressmakingor taler were made from flexible cloth or plastic.

A hacksaw is a fine-tooth hand sawwith a blade held under tension in a frame, used for cutting materials such as metal or plastics.

A screwdriver is a tool for driving screws or bolts with special slots, andsometimes for rotating other machine elements with the mating drive system.

Locking pliers, Mole grips (Mole wrench) or Vise-Grips are pliers that can be lockedinto position, using an over-center action.

A chisel is a tool with a characteristically shaped cutting edge (such that wood chiselshave lent part of their name to a particular grind) ofblade on its end, for carving or cutting a hard materialsuch as wood, stone, or metal.

A trowel is one of several similar hand tools used for digging, smoothing, orotherwise moving around small amounts of viscous or particulate material.

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A hex key or Allen key or wrench (also known by various other synonyms) isa tool ofhexagonal cross-section used to drive bolts andscrews that have a hexagonal socket in the head(internal-wrenching hexagon drive).

A claw hammer is a tool primarily used for pounding nails into, orextracting nails from, some other object

An adjustable spanner or adjustable wrench is a wrench with a "jaw" of adjustable width,allowing it to be used with different sizes offastener head (nut,bolt, etc.) rather than just one fastener, as

with a conventional fixed spanner.

Needle-nose pliers (also known as long-nose pliers, pinch-nose pliers, or snipe-nose pliers) areboth cutting and gripping pliers used byelectricians and other tradesmen to bend, re-position and cut wire

Snips, also known as shears, are hand tools used to cut sheet metal andother tough webs. There are two broad categories: tinner's snips, which are similar to common scissors,and compound-action snips, which use a compound leverage handle system to increase themechanicaladvantage.

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The most common form of socket wrench is a hand tool in which a handlecalled a ratchet (because it includes a ratcheting mechanism) is attached to a socket which attaches to thebolt or nut. Pulled or pushed in one direction, the ratchet loosens or tightens the bolt or nut attached to thesocket.

A simple manual wire stripper is a pair of opposing blades muchlike scissors or wire cutters. The addition of a center notch makes it easier to cut the insulation withoutcutting the wire.

A ladder is a vertical or inclined set of rungs or steps. There are two types: rigid ladders that can be leanedagainst a vertical surface such as awall, and rope ladders that are hung from the top.

A file is a metalworking, woodworking and plastic working tool used to cut fineamounts of material from a workpiece. It most commonly refers to the hand tool style, which takes theform of a steel bar with a case hardened surface and a series of sharp, parallel teeth. Most files have anarrow, pointed tang at one end to which a handle can be fitted.

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