POWER TOOL

A 'power tool' is a tool powered by an electric motor, a compressed air motor, or a gasoline engine. Power tools are classified as either stationary or portable, where portable means hand held. They are used in industry, construction and around the house for cutting, shaping, drilling, sanding, painting, grinding, and polishing. Power tools for metal working are usually called “Machine Tools”, although in some cases such as the drill press and the bench grinder, the exact same tool is used for both wood and metal working.
The lathe is the oldest power tool, being known to the ancient Egyptians, abet in a hand powered form. Early industrial revolution factories had batteries of power tools driven by belts from overhead shafts. The prime power source was a water wheel or later a steam engine. The introduction of the electric motor in the 1880’s made the self powered stationary and portable tools we know today possible.
Stationary power tools are prized not only for their speed, but for their accuracy. A table saw not only cuts faster than a hand saw, but the cuts are smoother, straighter and more square than even the most skilled man can do with a hand saw. Lathes produce truly round objects that cannot be made in any other way.
An electric motor is the universal choice to power stationary tools. Portable electric tools may be either corded or battery powered. At present (2007) the limitations of battery life, energy capacity, and cost keep the corded versions on the market. Air is the customary power source for nailers and paint sprayers. A few tools are powered by explosive cartridges. Gasoline powered tools such as chain saws and weed whackers are made for use out of doors.
Common power tools include the drill, various types of saws, the router, the electric sander, and the lathe.
The term 'power tool' is also used in a more general sense, meaning a technique for greatly simplifying a complex or difficult task.

Contents

List of power tools

See also

External links

List of power tools

Power tools include:

★ Air compressor

★ Band saw

★ Belt sander

★ Biscuit joiner

★ Chainsaw

★ Circular saw

★ Concrete saw

★ Cold Metal Cutting Saw

★ Crusher

★ Diamond blade

★ Diamond tools

★ Disc sander

★ Drill

★ Heat gun

★ Impact wrench

★ Jointer

★ Jigsaw

★ Lathe

★ Nail gun (Electric and Battery as well as Powder Actuated)

★ Powder actuated tools

★ Radial arm saw

★ Random orbital sander

★ Rotary tool (such as Dremel)

★ Sander

★ Steel cut off saw

★ Table saw

★ Thickness planer

★ Wood router

★ grinder

★ Trimmer

See also

★ Antique tool

★ Cutting tool

★ Diamond tool

★ Garden tool

★ Hand tool

★ Powder actuated tools

★ Metalworking

★ Tool

★ Woodworking

External links

★ DIYinfo.org's Power Tools Wiki - Practical information on all the power tools you'll use in and around the house

★ Encyclopedia of power tools by Bosch

★ Power Tools Overview on vital power tools on Inside Woodworking

★ Information On the choice and safe use of power tools from DeWALT Uk

★ Choosing the Right Power Tools

★ Diamond Blades Information

★ Power tools and their use

★ Power tools guide and safety tips Easy to read guide on Power Tools.