What is Power Tools and its Uses?

A power tool can be defined as a tool that uses electricity or a motor. 

Use of Power Tools

Power tools can be for personal use and also for commercial purposes. In a home set up tasks which involve screwing a hinge on a door, a leaking pipe and a screw on the bathroom mirror can potentially benefit from the application of power tools. Portable tools can be mostly found in home appliances such as a hand-held electric screwdriver or electric hammer drills. The construction industry significantly utilizes the stationary power tools such as grinding machine, drilling machine, and crusher. 

Types of Power Tools

Power Tools include the following types Screw guns, Drills, and Screw Drivers. There are two types of power tools:

1)    Stationary 

2)    Portable

In a home set up tasks which involve screwing a hinge on a door, a leaking pipe and a screw on the bathroom mirror can potentially benefit from the application of power tools. Portable tools can be mostly found in home appliances such as a hand-held electric screwdriver or electric hammer drills. The construction industry significantly utilizes the stationary power tools such as grinding machine, drilling machine, and crusher. 

Stationary tools have an added advantage of the fact that with their stable position they can use more power and in return the quality of work is high. Portable tools too can be used in the construction industry however their usage is in areas which require exact precision with less power.

Power tool list

This is a complete summary of possible power tools one might across or need:

1- Jointer

2- Lathe

3- Biscuit joiner

4- Nail gun

5- Miter saw

6- Shop vacuum

7- Air compressor

8- Circular saw

9- Jigsaw

10- Scroll saw

11- Chop saw

12- Heat gun

13- Planer

14- Impact wrench

15- Angle grinder

16- Rotary tool

17- Impact Driver

18- Reciprocating saw

19- Power screwdrivers

20- Drills

21- Disc sander

22- Hammer Drill

23- Orbital sander

24- Table saw

25- Wall chaser

26- Belt sander

Power Tool Brands

Various companies have come up to offer various electrical tool equipment and, in the process, they have been able to create a brand name for themselves; the following is a list of some of the brands in the market today:

1- Bosch

2- Porter-cable

3- Kawasaki

4- Hitachi

5- Milwaukee

6- Black & Decker

7- DeWalt

8- Makaita

9- SKIL

10- Ryobi

11- Dremel

12- Ridgid

13- Emglo

14- DELTA

15- KOBALT