Hardware

Hardware is a general term for equipment that can be touched/held by hand such as keys, locks, hinges, latches, handles, wire, chains, belts, plumbing supplies, electrical supplies, tools, utensils, cutlery and machine parts. Household hardware is typically sold in hardware stores.

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Cleaning tools	Broom Brush Feather duster Floor buffer Hataki Ice resurfacer Mop Mop bucket cart Needlegun scaler Pipe cleaner Pressure washer Sponge Squeegee Steam mop Tawashi Vacuum cleaner
Cutting and abrasive tools	Blade Bolt cutter Broach Ceramic tile cutter Chisel Coping saw Countersink Diamond blade Diamond tool Draw knife Drill bit Emery cloth File Fretsaw Froe Glass cutter Grater Grinding wheel Hand saw Knife Miter saw Nail clipper Pipecutter Plane Pocket knife Rasp Razor Reamer Sandpaper Saw Scalpel Scissors Steel wool Surform Switchblade Utility knife Water jet cutter Wire brush Wire cutter Wire stripper
Garden tools	Adze Axe Baling hook Billhook Bow saw Chainsaw Cultivator Earth auger Edger Garden fork Garden hose Garden trowel Hatchet Hedge trimmer Hoe Hori hori Irrigation sprinkler Lawn aerator Lawn mower Lawn sweeper Leaf blower Loppers Loy Machete Mattock Pickaxe Pitchfork Plough (plow) Post hole digger Pruning shears (secateurs) Rake Roller Rotary tiller Scythe Shovel Sickle Slasher Spade Splitting maul String trimmer
Hand tools	Block plane BNC inserter/remover Brace Bradawl Breaker bar Card scraper Cat's paw Caulking gun Clamp Crimping pliers Crowbar Grease gun Fish tape Hammer Hand truck Hawk Hex key Impact driver Jack Lug wrench Locking pliers Mallet Mitre box Monkey wrench Multi-tool Nut driver Paint roller Paintbrush Pipe wrench Pliers Plumber's snake Plumber's wrench Plunger Punch Punch down tool Putty knife Ratchet Sink wrench Scratch awl Screwdriver Sledgehammer Socket wrench Spike maul Staple gun Stitching awl Strap wrench Tire iron Tongue-and-groove pliers Torque wrench Trowel Upholstery hammer Wrench (spanner)
Machine and metalworking tools	Automatic lathe Ball-peen hammer Broaching machine Drill press Endmill English wheel Gear shaper Grinding machine Hacksaw Hobbing machine Jig borer Lathe Metalworking lathe Milling cutter Milling machine Planer Plasma cutter Screw machine Shaper Tap and die Thread restorer Tool bit Turret lathe Welder
Measuring and alignment tools	Architect's scale Beam compass Caliper Chalk box Compass Engineer's scale Flexible curve Jig Laser level Laser line level Laser measuring tool Micrometer Plumb-bob Protractor Ruler Scale Sliding T bevel Spirit level Square Straightedge Tape measure Template Triangle
Power tools	Angle grinder Bandsaw Belt sander Blow torch Chop saw Circular saw Concrete saw Crusher Cutting torch Die grinder Drill Glue gun Heat gun Impact wrench Jackhammer Jigsaw Jointer Nail gun Power trowel Radial arm saw Random orbital sander Reciprocating saw Rotary tool Router table Sander Scroll saw Soldering gun Soldering iron Steam box Table saw Thickness planer Wood router Wood shaper
Other	Antique tools Backscratcher Bucket Comb Flashlight Halligan bar Kelly tool Ladder Pencil Tool belt Toolbox Vise Workbench