What are hand-tools?

[micky]

What are hand-tools?

My recollection is that hand-tools used to not include any that were
electric.

But that now an electric drill is considered a handtool, I guess, if you
can hold it in your hand, and it's not a drill press. Same with
electric saws etc.


Also I noticed a grave marker store than said all of its memorials were
individually handcrafted. In fact, I'm sure the granite is cut with
some sort of power tool, and I know the engraving is done with a
sand-blaster controlled by a computer. Being the literal guy I am, I
don't think there is much hand-crafting, except maybe joining the base
to the thinner part that goes above it. I would have said individally
made, which is sort of obvious (since you'll never see two that have the
same name and dates on it), but it sounds nice.

Defend or contradict the preceding theses. This will be 1/3 of your
grade.

[Jack Goff]

Post by micky
What are hand-tools?
My recollection is that hand-tools used to not include any that were
electric.
But that now an electric drill is considered a handtool, I guess, if you
can hold it in your hand, and it's not a drill press. Same with
electric saws etc.
Also I noticed a grave marker store than said all of its memorials were
individually handcrafted. In fact, I'm sure the granite is cut with
some sort of power tool, and I know the engraving is done with a
sand-blaster controlled by a computer. Being the literal guy I am, I
don't think there is much hand-crafting, except maybe joining the base
to the thinner part that goes above it. I would have said individally
made, which is sort of obvious (since you'll never see two that have the
same name and dates on it), but it sounds nice.
Defend or contradict the preceding theses. This will be 1/3 of your
grade.

Unless we're talking about a massage with a happy ending,
I'd rather have CNC-crafted than hand-crafted.

[retired1]

Post by micky
What are hand-tools?
My recollection is that hand-tools used to not include any that were
electric.
But that now an electric drill is considered a handtool, I guess, if you
can hold it in your hand, and it's not a drill press. Same with
electric saws etc.
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Defend or contradict the preceding theses. This will be 1/3 of your
grade.

In my estimation, a hand-tool is anything NOT powered by electric or
gas. Drilling can be done by a "brace and bit", just slowly. Same with a
saw, like a hack-, coping-, 2 man crosscut, etc

Same for wrenchs and screwdrivers

[Retirednoguilt]

Post by micky
What are hand-tools?
My recollection is that hand-tools used to not include any that were
electric.
But that now an electric drill is considered a handtool, I guess, if you
can hold it in your hand, and it's not a drill press. Same with
electric saws etc.
Also I noticed a grave marker store than said all of its memorials were
individually handcrafted. In fact, I'm sure the granite is cut with
some sort of power tool, and I know the engraving is done with a
sand-blaster controlled by a computer. Being the literal guy I am, I
don't think there is much hand-crafting, except maybe joining the base
to the thinner part that goes above it. I would have said individally
made, which is sort of obvious (since you'll never see two that have the
same name and dates on it), but it sounds nice.
Defend or contradict the preceding theses. This will be 1/3 of your
grade.

Language evolves over time. And, usage, both choice of words and their
meaning often varies in different geographic areas. Checking an
assortment of contemporaneous dictionaries for the same language, you'll
usually find that definitions of the same word will differ. If you
fight it, you're just behaving as many of us do as we outgrow the
culture we grew up learning and living in. It's not worth the emotional
energy to play Don Quixote. Nothing is gained by attacking the
windmills of your mind. Live your life to suit your preferences as long
as it doesn't interfere with those whose preferences may be different.

[Bob F]

Post by micky
What are hand-tools?
My recollection is that hand-tools used to not include any that were
electric.
But that now an electric drill is considered a handtool, I guess, if you
can hold it in your hand, and it's not a drill press. Same with
electric saws etc.
Also I noticed a grave marker store than said all of its memorials were
individually handcrafted. In fact, I'm sure the granite is cut with
some sort of power tool, and I know the engraving is done with a
sand-blaster controlled by a computer. Being the literal guy I am, I
don't think there is much hand-crafting, except maybe joining the base
to the thinner part that goes above it. I would have said individally
made, which is sort of obvious (since you'll never see two that have the
same name and dates on it), but it sounds nice.
Defend or contradict the preceding theses. This will be 1/3 of your
grade.

Hand tools are the ones with a real lifetime warranty.

I am awaiting the arrival of the warranty replacement 1/2" breaker bar
from Craftsman that, IIRC, I originally bought while in college in the 70's.

The pictures look exactly like mine, except for a slightly different part #.

Broke it trying to to open an inspection port using a pipe extension on
a 1 3/8" impact socket on an iron cap on my compressor tank.