Editing Hand tool (section)

{{Short description|Tool equipment powered manually}}
{{For|the hand-shaped GUI object|Pointer (graphical user interfaces)}}
[[File:Glardon Vallorbe LA2442-0 140 mm Swiss cut 0 6-piece needle file set.png|thumb|250px|A needle [[File (tool)|file]] set]]
A '''hand tool''' is any [[tool]] that is powered [[manual labour|by hand]] rather than a motor.<ref name="Schneider">{{cite book |author=Scott P. Schneider |year=1998 |chapter=Tools |pages=93.33–93.34 |editor=Jeanne Mager Stellman |series=Encyclopaedia of Occupational Health and Safety |volume=3 |title=Chemical, industries and occupations |edition=4th |publisher=[[International Labour Organization]] |isbn=978-92-2-109816-4 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nDhpLa1rl44C&pg=PT936}}</ref> Categories of hand tools include [[wrenches]], [[pliers]], [[cutter (disambiguation)|cutters]], [[File (tool)|files]], [[hammer|striking tools]], [[chisel|struck or hammered tools]], [[screwdriver|screwdrivers]], [[vises]], [[clamp (tool)|clamps]], [[snips]], [[hacksaws]], [[drills]], and [[knives]].

Outdoor tools such as [[garden fork]]s, [[pruning shears]], and [[Rake (tool)|rakes]] are additional forms of hand tools. Portable [[power tool]]s are not hand tools.