| There is no better way to mess up a home | | | | ensure that the chisel point is set square to |
| improvement job than by using the wrong tools | | | | the direction of cutting. Because of the |
| for the job. You want to make sure you have | | | | large, chisel-shaped teeth, it is made to cut |
| the right tools and the right size to | | | | with the wood grain. The ragged cut that |
| eliminate the risk of having to start over. | | | | this hand saw makes is unsatisfactory for |
| There are hundreds of tools that you may have | | | | finish work. |
| to use during some project, but for this | | | | |
| article I will focus on wrenches, hand saws, | | | | A crosscut hand saw is best used for cutting |
| and other hand tools. | | | | across wood grain and helps produce a |
| | | | smoother cut than rip saws. This can also be |
| When it comes to wrenches, there are over 10 | | | | used to cut plywood. The last hand saw worth |
| different wrenches you may come across for | | | | mentioning is the hacksaw, which is used to |
| the job. The most basic kind is the open-end | | | | cut metal or plastic. This hand saw consists |
| wrench, which provides grip on two sides of | | | | of a blade held in a steel frame with high |
| the head while allowing another side to be | | | | tension to hold the blade rigidly straight. |
| open so the wrench can be placed on a nut. | | | | |
| Another common wrench is the box wrench, | | | | The last topic I will hit on is your basic |
| which has an enclosed head and provides more | | | | hand tools that are of necessity for many |
| leverage by enclosing the nut. | | | | home improvement jobs. These consist of |
| | | | hammers, pliers, wrenches, screwdrivers and |
| The other two commonly known wrenches are the | | | | cutting tools and so on. While there are a |
| combination wrench and the adjustable wrench. | | | | hundred different styles and models for hand |
| As their names imply, the combination wrench | | | | tools, the best way to find what you are |
| is a combination of the open-end and box | | | | looking for is to decide what kind of job you |
| wrench while the adjustable wrench allows you | | | | are doing. For instance, there are cutting |
| to adjust the size of the head. | | | | tools for cutting ceramic, different axes and |
| | | | hand saws. Once you know exactly what you |
| Much like wrenches, there are around 14 | | | | are looking for, take the time to do further |
| different kinds of hand saws as well. The | | | | research and you can narrow down your |
| rip saw has teeth that are cross-filed to | | | | choices. |