Tools

thumb|Carpentry tools recovered from the wreck of the Mary Rose, a 16th-century [[sailing ship—from the top: a mallet, brace, and plane, the handles of a T-auger and gimlet, possibly the handle of a hammer, and a rule.]] A tool is an object that can extend an individual's ability to modify features of the surrounding environment or help them accomplish a particular task, and proto-typically refers to solid hand-operated non-biological objects with a single broad purpose that lack multiple functions, unlike machines or computers. Although human beings are proportionally most active in using and

thumb|A wood splitting wedge

thumb|A hand-held corded electric drill thumb|A lightweight magnetic-mount drill

thumb|Diagram of fireplace hand-bellows Bellows are a device constructed to expel a controlled blast of air. The simplest type consists of a flexible bag comprising a pair of rigid boards with handles joined by flexible leather sides enclosing an approximately airtight cavity which can be expanded and contracted by operating the handles, and fitted with a valve allowing air to fill the cavity when expanded, and with a tube through which the air is forced out in a stream when the cavity is compressed. It has many applications, in particular blowing on a fire to supply it with air.

thumb|right|Siphon principle thumb|In the flying-droplet siphon, surface tension pulls the stream of liquid into separate droplets inside of a sealed air-filled chamber, preventing the liquid going down from having contact with the liquid going up, and thereby preventing liquid tensile strength from pulling the liquid up. It also demonstrates that the effect of atmospheric pressure at the entrance is not canceled by the equal atmospheric pressure at the exit.

stick used to assist with walking, especially one carried as a fashionable accessory

machine for shaping or machining metal, has means for constraining the workpiece and provides a guided tool movement

thumb|In a 1965 essay, Reyner Banham describes the cordless electric razor as an example of "a gizmo, a gadget, a gimmick".

thumb|Well pole in central Anatolia, Turkey A shadoof or shaduf, well pole, well sweep, sweep, swape, or simply a lift is a tool that is used to lift water from a well or another water source onto land or into another waterway or basin. It is highly efficient, and has been known since 3000 BCE.

275px|thumb|A modern claw hammer with [[rubber-coated handle]] thumb|A tsuka-maki covered sword handle

any metal instrument for tending a fire

device capable of either generating electrical energy from chemical reactions or using electrical energy to cause chemical reactions

any tool, partially or entirely, made out of stone

A tripod is a portable three-legged frame or stand, used as a platform for supporting the weight and maintaining the stability of some other object. The three-legged (triangular stance) design provides good stability against gravitational loads as well as horizontal shear forces, and better leverage for resisting tipping over due to lateral forces can be achieved by spreading the legs away from the vertical centre. Variations with one, two, and four legs are termed monopod, bipod, and quadripod (similar to a table).

thumb|Lifting hook on a crane truck with a standard round hook and a gated opening A hook is a tool consisting of a length of material, typically metal, that contains a portion that is curved/bent back or has a deeply grooved indentation, which serves to grab, latch or in any way attach itself onto another object. The hook's design allows traction forces to be relayed through the curved/indented portion to and from the proximal end of the hook, which is either a straight shaft (known as the hook's shank) or a ring (sometimes called the hook's "eye") for attachment to a thread, rope or chain, p

thumb|Silicone-tipped locking tongs designed to withstand temperatures up to thumb|Long handled locking tongs designed for outdoor grilling thumb|Sugar tong thumb|Blacksmith tongs used for forging

thumb|upright=1.35|Modern gas blowtorch thumb|upright|An old-fashioned kerosene/paraffin blowtorch A blowtorch, also referred to as a blowlamp, is an ambient air fuel-burning tool used for applying flame and heat to various applications, usually in metalworking, but occasionally for foods like crème brûlée.

device or object that uses the negative fluid pressure of air or water to adhere to nonporous surfaces, creating a partial vacuum

thumb|A High density fiberboard|hardboard clipboard

heavy steel ball used for demolishing buildings

tool for smoothing the surface of concrete

Device to put thread through a needle

In archaeology, tool made by bone

safety device used to break through window glass in an emergency

mechanical device

tool consisting of a brush whose bristles are made of wire, most often steel wire

thumb|Soil compactor A compactor is a machine or mechanism used to reduce the size of material such as waste material or biomass through compaction. A trash compactor is used in business and public places like hospitals (and in the United States also in homes) to reduce the volume of trash they produce. A baler-wrapper compactor is used for making compact and wrapped bales in order to improve logistics.

power tool driven by compressed air or carbon dioxide

sewing tool

sculpting tool

form of freight transport

thumb|upright=1.2|Expansion of European early modern humans|early modern humans from Africa through the [[Levant.]]

wedge used to stop wheels or other round objects from rolling

A hakapik () is a club, of Norwegian design, similar to a fishing gaff, used for killing and moving seals. The hakapik is a multipurpose hunting tool—a heavy wooden club, with a hammer head (used to crush a seal's skull), and a hook (used to drag the carcass) on the end.

device producing controlled flame produced by combusting a fuel gas

long flexible batten used to produce a fair curve through a set of points

in typesetting, a tray-like tool used to assemble pieces of metal type into words and lines

tool

wide brush with a long shaft used for cleaning hard floors or surfaces

also known as a third hand, a type of jig used in soldering and craftwork

cable or jointed section for transmitting rotation in any direction

Machine that uses air to suck liquid or mucus

work-holding or support device used in the manufacturing industry; holds the work in a fixed location

equipment used for home repair and other work in the home

Ergonomic hand tool used by foresters for planting seeds for trees

Firemaking device

handheld mechanical tool used to increase the range of a person's reach when grabbing objects

tool

Gadget for use with a tobacco pipe

period of technological development

flexible mason's rule made of lead that could be bent to the curves of a molding, and used to measure or reproduce irregular curves

tool in engineering

a product typically used for stimming

ramp for vehicle inspection and repairs

spike on a tool or utensil

tool board with drawings showing where tools should hang