Hand Tools

YES, anything metal is a conductor.

I am not shore i believe it comes from minerals

It is a brand name of penetrating oil used to free stuck bolts.

They are for stripping the insulation off electrical wire.

I believe that is 5/32.

You mean Stilson, - they are a famous brand of heavy duty wrenches.

A ball-peen hammer is a hammer with a flat head and an opposite, rounded - peening - head.

There is the tip and the handle, I don't understand 'bottom' in a screwdriver.

The magnet is the stator part of the motor,either as a permanent or an electromagnet.It doldrums the rotor past of the motor towards it causing the rotation.

Yes, two types at least. One has a canvas strap that tightens as you turn it and the other is like large jawed pliers.

Because that is exactly the shape of it.

The strength of your arm is the applied force on a screwdriver.

Buy them individually. There are plenty of places where you can buy individual sockets. Sears, Ace Hardware, and other hardware stores, for one. Where to go depends on what quality of tools you buy... if you typically buy your tools from Harbor Freight, you wouldn't want to spend the money you would on a Snap-On truck.

Long nose pliers are used to hold things in small, awkward areas where your fingers won't fit.

As long as you are behaving safely, the age limit can be quite low. I taught my grandson to use a hand saw when he was 8. He is now 14 and learning to use power tools.

You possibly mean a MAUL hammer. This is a large heavy hammer, often of 4-8 pounds weight. There is a flat striking face one side and generally a small axe on the opposite side. It's used for pounding spikes and stakes and for splitting logs.

No, they are made for use with regular or box wrenches. In over 40 years of working t=with them,I've never seen any 'backup wrench' and can't even think why you would want one.

Is usually about 30 inches long, tapering from about 6" high at the handle to 2" at the point. Teeth are usually about 1/8 deep and 6-8 to the inch.

It can, but this is a mis-use of the tool and can bend it. Better to use a wood or metal shim wedge. Available cheap in all good tool stores.

They are made from tool steel with a hardened tip.

I use 1/4 drill bit for a 5/16 lag screw in most materials.

The standard screwdriver is designed to turn screws in or out.

The hammer can hammer nails in, it can pull those nails out, it can be used delicately to 'adjust' things that don't quite fit. Some hammers can fix dents in auto body work, other big hammers can pound stakes into the ground.

It can be used to tighten or loosen the screw as well. Flat head screwdriver is hard to turn the screw with quarter inch wide head. The thickness of the slot of the screw and the thickness of the screwdriver should match. The perfect match of thickness enables you tighten it tightly.