Hand Tools

Every industry needs hand tools in one form or another. For example in agriculture a wide range of tools are used where manual work takes place. Forks, spades, hoes and crowbars will all be needed as are hand trowels, hand forks and a selection of knives. To maintain farm equipment the modern farmer will have a comprehensive selection of hand tools including hammers, pliers, spanners and sockets, screwdrivers, hexagon key and torx drivers.

The average fisherman will also use hand tools. Knives are popular with them, also diamond files for sharpening tools and fishing hooks.

Carpenters may be the users of the most hand tools. Their average tool bag will hold about thirty items. Normally hand saws, hand planes, wood chisels, gouges, measuring tapes, rules, rulers, squares, nail punches, pincers, pencils, marking knives and sharpening stones.

Electricians are prolific users of hand tools, namely wire snips, pliers, pipe grips, threading taps, wire strippers, tapes and wrenches. Fitters are also familiar with hand tools with their work using squares, punches, dividers, sheet metal snips, hacksaws, files, vernier calipers, micrometers, depth gauges, height gauges, spanners, wrenches, hammers, sockets and pry bars.

Hand Tools Ireland

Even a relatively simple job like glazing will require a tool kit using chisels, hammers, pincers, glass cutters, nail punches, compass, measuring tapes, silicone guns and abrasive dressing stones.

Home insulation is a growing industry that uses a lot of powered equipment but still needs some hand tools including distance meters, heat sensing tools, staple guns, claw hammers, levels and foam guns.

The skilled joiner will use machinery for most of his work but where a quality finish is required he will have some hand tools to do this and he will usually use a plane, cabinet scraper, joiners, hammer, mallet, spokeshave and sometimes a cabinet makers rasp.

Keen fans of DIY all have a collection of hand tools usually budget priced and a variety of brands.

The plumbing industry makes use of hand tools on a daily basis using adjustable spanners, pliers, pipe grips, tube cutters, pipe benders, olive removers, pressure testers, files, brushes, screwdrivers, tube spanners and hex wrenches.

Bike mechanics, car mechanics and truck mechanics all use a variety of hand tools. They usually store these hand tools in a metal cantilever toolbox or tool cabinet with ball bearing drawers. Mechanics use a wide range of tools, circlip pliers, gripping pliers, clamps, chisels, screwdrivers, feeler gauges, sockets, wrenches and hammers.

Ordering tool nowadays is very easy. What cannot be found in your local shop can easily be ordered online from www.joemckenna.ie.

Panel beaters are another group of people using hand tools every day, mainly screwdrivers, pullers, hammers, files, abrasive holders and silicone guns.

Saws are a prime example of a hand tool with many varieties. Some of these are bow saw, coping saw, hand saw, keyhole saw, tenon saw, flush saw, pruning saw and japanese saw.

Tool care is extremely important and there are many items available to sharpen hand tools that have become blunt from use.

Usually hand tool sales increase just before Father's day, as they are a popular item for men of all ages.

You should always wear the appropriate equipment when using striking tools.

Wood carving uses a few well chosen hand tools to produce a wide variety of carvings either for pleasure or profit. These would include gauges, knives, rifflers and punches.


Hand Tools Ireland: Joe Mckenna is a provider of hand tools such as allen keys, bolt cutters, roofing tools, surforms, tile cutters, awls, brick laying tools, crowbars, prybars, floorboard cutters, glue guns, grease guns, oil guns, laser levels, mitre boxes, scribers, socket sets, spray guns, tack lifters, nail pullers, tiling tools, vice grips, axes, hatchets, picks, detectors, nailguns, pop riveters, ratchets, service keys, adjustable wrenches, taps, dies, stocks, tool sets, bevels, vices, paint brushes, paint scrapers, planers, spirit levels, combination squares, engineers squares, giant square, folding square, finger trowels, grouting floats, leaf & square trowels,  brick trowels, grain floats, urethane floats, urethane hawks, plastic floats, pointing trowels, corner trowels, wood bits, steel bits, sds bits, sds max bits, kreg screws, kreg bits, dremel bits.
We specialize in CK hand tools, Irwin hand tools, Stanley hand tools, Faithfull hand tools, Eclipse hand tools, Bahco hand tools, Draper hand tools, Starrett hand tools, Weller hand tools, Robert Sorby hand tools, Crown hand tools, Estwing hand tools, Stabilla hand tools, Marshalltown hand tools, Rollins hand tools, Knipex hand tools, Hase hand tools, Dremel hand tools, Steinel hand tools, Kreg hand tools, Trend hand tools, Planet hand tools, Hardtipt hand tools, Freud hand tools, Triplex hand tools, Sealey hand tools, Walter hand tools, Will hand tools, Sigma hand tools, Jet hand tools and Witte hand tools.
We provide hand tools to areas such as Limerick, Dublin, Cork, Waterford, Galway, Clare, Wexford, Kilkenny, Tipperary, Donegal, Belfast, Westmeath, Meath, Kerry, Carlow, Wicklow, Offaly, Roscommon, Sligo, Mayo, Louth, Monaghan, Cavan, Leitrim, Kildare, Laois, the Midwest, Ulster, Munster, Leinster and Connaught. Call us today to find out more about our powertools and electrical power tools at 061 413888.