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Metalworking tools

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hammer
thumb|right|upright=1.3|A modern claw hammer suited to drive and remove nails thumb|Cartwheel mallets with heads of felt held between steel washers for use with [[timpani drums]] thumb|Detail of the head of a war hammer thumb|right|A geologist's hammer used to break up rocks, as seen in [[archaeology and prospecting]]
anvil
thumb|upright=1.35|Single-horn anvil thumb|A blacksmith working [[iron with a hammer and anvil]] thumb|A blacksmith working with a [[sledgehammer, assistant (striker) and Lokomo anvil in Finland]]
hydraulic press
machine press using a hydraulic cylinder to generate a compressive force
shaper
thumb|Shaper tool slide, clapper box and cutting tool thumb|Shaper with Boring (manufacturing)|boring bar setup to allow cutting of internal features, such as keyways, or even shapes that might otherwise be cut with [[wire EDM]]
cemented carbide
type of composite material
steam hammer
power hammer
die
specialized tool for cutting or deforming
trip hammer
powered hammer
sander
thumb|A random orbit sander, with disks of various grit sizes
press brake
Machine pressing tool for bending sheet and plate material, most commonly sheet metal. It forms predetermined bends by clamping the workpiece between a matching punch and die.
jig
custom-made tool used to control the location and/or motion of another tool
screw press
Type of press
grinding wheel
wheel composed of an abrasive compound and used for various grinding (abrasive cutting) and abrasive machining operations. Such wheels are used in grinding machine
power hammer
mechanical forging hammers
fuller
groove in the flat side of a blade
wire brush
tool consisting of a brush whose bristles are made of wire, most often steel wire
power tool
tool that is actuated by an additional power source and mechanism other than by hand alone
tube bending
term in the tubing industry used to describe the radius of a bend
rivet gun
pneumatic hand tool
metal lathe
lathe machine
punching machine
machine tool for punching
fixture
work-holding or support device used in the manufacturing industry; holds the work in a fixed location
grinding dresser
tool to dress the surface of a grinding wheel
roll bender
riveting machine
machine used to automatically set rivets
Propane torch
tool for generating heat and flame by burning propane