Hand Tools

Hand Tools

Our high quality hand tools include flat chisels, sheeters chisels, alloy and carbon barrel drift pins, wedges, right angle wedges, banana wedges and others.

 

Maintenance Bars

Our array of maintenance bars include pinch bars, lining bars, needle bars, chisel bars, nickel chrome plated pinch bars and gooseneck bars.

Stone Tools

We carry a line of masonry and stone tools including shims and wedges, hand sets, hand chippers, hand tracers and hand points, available in either steel or carbide tipped models.

Handled Tools

Tamco carries backout punches, carpenter's adzes, and alloy sledge hammers (sledge hammers are made to AREMA and AREA specifications).

Hard Tipped Hand Tools

ntended Uses of Hard Tipped Hand Tools

CHIPPERS - The Hard Tipped Chipper is used to chip a straight edge onto a flat smooth stone, such as a monument or building stone tht has been sawed, ground, or polished smooth. It is usually used along a chalk line or with a straight edge secured to the stone. Chippers are often used to chip the final edge onto a stone after the set has been used to produce a rough edge. They should never be used to chisel off high spots, or to chip an edge onto rough stone, as rough stone may cause the carbide tip to fracture.

CHISELS - The Hard Tipped Chisel is used to chisel high spots on a stone. It can also be used to trace lines or chip off edges of a stone.

POINTS - The Hard Tipped Point is used to remove high spots, or to shape a stone.

SETS - The Hard Tipped Set is used to remove material along the edge of flat smooth stone. It is usully used along a chalk line to produce a dimensioned stone. If the stone is not smooth and the carbide rests on a high spot, the carbide my fracture.

TRACERS - The Hard Tipped Tracer is used to score a straight line on a stone.