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Hand tools have today become indispensable equipment for making work easier. A tool provides a mechanical advantage in completing a physical task. Hand tools can be defined as any device placed in the hand to help in doing a task more efficiently, and in an easier and safe manner. Hand tools can include a wide variety of tools such as:

Hammers
Scissors
Power tools
Shovels
Chisels

Pliers
Saws
Wrenches
Planes
Screw drivers etc

All tools have some specific functions to perform such as follows:

Cutting
Concentrating force
Guiding
Chopping
Gripping
Chiseling
Sawing

Protecting
Fastening
Filling
Striking
Forging
Holding

Various hand tools are used for performing different tasks like as given below:

A hitting tool called hatchet is used for chopping chunks of wood, green stuff, striking the wood and injecting chemicals and pesticides into the wood.
A short handled hammer, also known as mallet is used for striking a ball like in a polo game. This hand tool is used for flattening, smoothing and crushing certain material.
A wide bladed hand tool, mattock, is used in agricultural fields to dig soil and used for smashing and cracking small stones.
An axe is used to cut wooden blocks. It is also used for piercing, cutting wooden raw materials.
Knife is used in kitchen work for cutting, peeling, chopping, fruits vegetables, breads etc.
A wrench is used to hold securely a screw or a nut or a bolt and helps to insert or remove it from the object. It applies torque to a hard to move item.
A hammer is used to strike an object or deliver blows to an object. It is used for driving nails, breaking up objects and fitting parts.
A chisel is used for carving or cutting a hard material like wood, stone, or metal.
A saw is used for cutting wood or other material.
A hand tool like a plier is used for gripping objects by using leverage.

Thus we can say that functions of hand tools are wide and varied and they constitute a very important part of human being's life.

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