Brief Description: Bar clamps or F-Clamps are made with cast iron jaws made with a heat treated steel bar, which is the backbone of the clamp that adds overall strength to the clamp. Cost: Wide varience depending on size and materials

Brief Description of Tool: Bolt cutters are used to cut through heavy metal, such as locks, chains, fences, and bolts hence its name. When to Use: When working with heavy metals Cost: can range from $40 (24 in.) to $85 (36 in.)

Brief Description of Tool: You use a cable ripper to rip off the outside of a cable (or wire), most likely a romex style cable. How do you use it: Put the open end of the cable ripper over the end of a cable, squeeze with your hand and pull it off. Cost: $5

Brief Description of Tool: C-clamps or G-Cramps are made of aluminum, iron, or steel, and are usually designed to clamp metalwork. The C-clamps rely upon screw drives with metal shoes at the ends to hold the workpiece tightly. How to use: How do you use it: C-Clamps are used by twisting the tommy bar shown with two horizontal bars extending from the color, attaching to the thread that makes the “G” shape in the C-Clamp frame. Cost: $9 (4 in.) to $19 (8 in.)

Brief Description of Tool: Similar to tape measure in appearance, it is a metal or plastic case containing powdered chalk with an 18 to 50 foot string line inside, with a hook ring attached to the end of the string. Cost: Ranges from $10 to $30.

Brief Description of Tool: A circuit tester is an item of electrical test equipment used to determine if an electrical path can be established between two points How does it work: You would put the end of the tester to a wire and if the light on the circuit tester glowed, the wire was live at that point. Cost: $10

Brief Description of Tool:A die is a tool used to cut or shape material usually in a press. Die are customized to the tool or whatever they are crafting. How do you use it? To use a die, you have to first put the die on a screw. After that, you need to cut the threads off the die. When do you use the tool? You use a die when you need to cut metal or plastic. For vacuum forming, you would use one sheet of die and create transparent cups for merchandise. Cost: Varies

Brief Description of Tool: Files are usually grouped by length, type, and shape; but generally, the file is made up of a “tang” or pointy end of the file that can attach a wood or plastic handle. By the base of the tang is the “heel”, leading to the cutting “belly”. Opposite of the tang is the point. The length is measured from the heel to the point, discluding the tang and indicates coarseness, stroke distance, and rate of stock removal. Cost: $4 to $10 to $16

Brief Description of Tool: Wheel dressers condition, “true”, and “dress” grinding wheels. By re-sharpening tiny cutting edges on a grinding wheel surface, they can produce sharp new edges by fracturing the wheel’s abrasive grains. When do you use it: In order to smoothen surfaces on a wheel Cost: $7, $14, or even ~$20 depending on the measurement of the tool and type.