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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 handheld. They are used in industry, in construction, and around the house for cutting, shaping, drilling, sanding, painting, grinding, and polishing. Stationary power tools for metalworking are usually called machine tools. The term machine tool is not usually applied to stationary power tools for woodworking, although such usage is occasionally heard, and in some cases, such as drill presses and bench grinders, the exact same tool is used for both woodworking and metalworking.
The lathe is the oldest power tool, being known to the ancient Egyptians (albeit in a hand-powered form). Early industrial revolution-era 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 (and electric distribution networks) in the 1880s made possible the self-powered stationary and portable tools we know today.
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. Compressed air is the customary power source for nailers and paint sprayers. A few tools (called powder-actuated tools) are powered by explosive cartridges. Gasoline-powered tools such as chain saws and weed whackers are made for outdoor use.
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.
[edit] List of power tools
Power tools include:
Air compressor
Band saw
Belt sander
Biscuit joiner
Ceramic tile cutter tile saw
Chainsaw
Circular saw
Concrete saw
Cold Metal Cutting Saw
Crusher
Diamond blade
Diamond tools
Disc sander
Drill
FLIM
Floor Sander
Heat gun
Impact Gun
Impact wrench
Jointer
Jigsaw
Lathe
Miter saw
Nail gun (Electric and Battery as well as Powder Actuated)
Needle Scaler
Powder-actuated tools
Radial arm saw
Random orbital sander
Reciprocating Saw
Rotary Reciprocating saw
Rotary tool (such as Dremel)
Side Grinder
Sabre Saw
Sander
Scrollsaw
Steel cut off saw
Table saw
Thickness planer
Wall Chaser
Wood router
grinder
Trimmer
[edit] See also
Antique tool
Cutting tool
Diamond tool
Garden tool
Hand tool
Powder actuated tools
Metalworking
Tool
Woodworking
[edit] 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 - Power Tools Learning Campus 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
Dyna Tools Power Tools
Power tools and their use
Power tools guide and safety tips Easy to read guide on Power Tools.
WikiProject Metalworking: This article is part of Metalworking hand tools.
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Types of tools
Cutting tools
Adze · Axe · Blade · Bolt cutter · Broach · Ceramic tile cutter · Chainsaw · Countersink · Endmill · Froe · Knife · Drill bit · Machete · Milling cutter · Razor blade · Reamer · Saw · Scalpel · Scissors · Splitting maul · Switchblade · Tool bit · Water jet cutter
Garden tools
Cultivator · Garden fork · Hedge trimmer · Hoe · Hori hori · Lawnmower · Lawn aerator · Leaf blower · Leaf sweeper · Loppers · Mattock · McLeod · Rotary tiller · Mini-tractor · Pitchfork · Plough (plow) · Pruning shears (Secateurs) · Pulaski · Rake (tool) · Spade · Sprinkler · String trimmer
Hand tools
Block plane · Brace · Card scraper · Chisel · Clamp · Hacksaw · Hammer · Hand saw · Level · Pickaxe · Pliers · Pipe wrench · Punch · Screwdriver · Sponge · Spanner · Torque wrench
Power tools
Band saw · Belt sander · Chainsaw · Circular saw · Concrete saw · Crusher · Diamond blade · Disc sander · Drill · Grinder · Heat gun · Impact wrench · Jigsaw · Jointer · Lathe · Radial arm saw · Random orbital sander · Rotary tool · Sander · Table saw · Thickness planer · Wood router
Other
Antique tools · Diamond tools · Ladder
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