4.1 Holding Tools

• Holding tools and why work must be held: pliers, clamps, tongs, clips and vices
• Pliers: combination, long-nose, slip-joint and locking pliers
• Vices: the engineer's vice and the woodworker's vice
• Clamps: G-clamp, sash clamp, F-clamp and spring clamp
• Tongs and clips
• Selecting a holding tool for a given task
• Safe use of holding tools
• Cleaning, care and safe storage of holding tools

• identify holding tools used in day-to-day life
• select holding tools for performing given tasks
• use holding tools to perform given tasks
• care for holding tools used in day-to-day life
• appreciate the importance of holding tools in day-to-day life

“How are holding tools used in day-to-day life?”

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1. Why work must be held
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Pliers, vices, clamps, tongs and clips. A hand holding the work is a hand next to the blade.
2. Pliers
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Flat jaws, pipe grip, cutter and pivot. And pliers are not spanners.
3. Vices
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Two jaws, a screw, a slide and a base. Hold the work low, close to the jaws.
4. Clamps
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Steady pressure with no hand on it. Packing under both pads, and hand tight only.
5. Tongs and clips
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Tongs keep the hand away from heat. Clips hold with a spring and need no hand at all.
6. Choosing the holding tool
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Material, size, hazard, and how long. The answers name the tool.
7. Using holding tools safely
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Hold it low, tighten by hand, and use each tool for its own job.
8. Caring for and storing holding tools
   40 min · 2 practice tasks · quiz
   Clean, dry, oil, store. The empty shadow names what is missing.