A portion of the recent Williams College Trivia contest involved identifying
tools.  I happen to be the official Trivia archivist, and the tool
identification section happens to be the only section for which no one has
provided an answer key.  So I was wondering if anyone here could help.

The tools appear on pages 2-4 of

  http://wso.williams.edu/orgs/trivia/jcsuperstars/H6_CommonSense.pdf

I can get most of them, but I don't recognize C,F,G,N, and P.  Also I'm not
sure of the names for the files in S,T,U, and V.  Anyone know?

21 responses total.

 C  Allen wrenches
 F  Punch
 G  Spokeshave
 N  ??
 P  Vice-Grip pliers 
 S&T - I can't see the cut well enough o identify
 U  Rasp
 V  Round file

Thanks Rane.  Picture E looks like allen wrenches to me, so I was hesitant
to say that C was the same thing.  I had never heard of a spokeshave before,
but that is definitely what picture G is.  THanks!  Can you be any more
specific on F and P?  I'm guessing the punch may be for something in
particular, and likewise the pliers.

Those Vise-Grip pliers are used in auto body repair: the wide jaws, also 
called "locking C clamps", are to get around and further into formed 
edges.

I'd say the punch is a "bench punch", usually with interchangeable dies, 
for sheet metal.

Allen wrenches are usually thought of as those "L" shaped ones, but they 
also come with handles, also with other "bits", such as for screws with 
"torq" and other heads.

C:    T-Handle Allen Wrenches
F:    Rivet Press.
G:    ?
N:    Jack Hammer      http://www.indiamart.com/drillman/
P:    Locking C-Clamp

S:    Course File
T:    Smooth File
U:    Grater
V:    Round File

I originally thought (N) was a pneumatic riveter, but found the picture
on a website with jack hammers.

A.      tablesaw
B.      Hand Plane
C.      T wrench
D.      Fire Hydrant Wrench
E.      Allen Wrench
F.      Punch
G.      Draw Shave
H.      Socket wrenches
I.      Jigsaw
J.      Phillips Screwdriver
K.      Awl
L.      Adz
M.      Belt sander
N.      Pneumatic drill
O.      ?
P.      c-clamp
Q.      saw
R.      tape measure
S.      file
T.      file
U.      rasp
V.      file
W.      monkey wrench
X.      band saw
Y.      wire strippers

I don't think D is a fire hydrant wrench. And H would be Nut Drivers.
And I don't think F is a punch.

I don't think that the tools in E are allen wrenches--they look flat to
me.  Q is a hacksaw (and a measuring tape).  W is not a monkey wrench,
it's a pipe wrench.

I think E is a set of hex keys.

Damnit....now I'm obsessing and looking up stuff on Sears....

http://www.sears.com/sr/javasr/subcat.do?vertical=TOOL&cat=Hand+Tools%
2C+General+Purpose&subcat=Hex+Keys&BV_UseBVCookie=Yes

one mans pipe wrench is anothe mans monkey wrench.

That sounds so ... pornographic.

I had a feeling N was a jackhammer as soon as I saw it, but when I
looked at the bottom and saw the tip, inside the chip shield, I knew
that's what it was.

u nlucky

Re 10:    The monkey and pipe wrench have distinct differences.  The monkey
wrench has smooth jaws:  The pipe wrench has teeth.

Both have the same screw-and-gear adjustment, but the pipe wrench has a lot
of freeplay.

THanks folks - this is a big help.  I guess C and E are both allen wrenches,
as near as we can tell.  If the wrneches in E were flat as johnnie suggests,
then I would have no idea what they were.

I still don't know about F.  Google image searches haven't convinced me that
it's either a rivet press or a bench punch, but it seems clear it's designed
to squish something.

I doubt that E is an allen wrench, it's hard to tell the picture is not
very good, it might be screwdrivers for hard to reach screws but I doubt
it, I'm wondering if they might be some kind of feeler gauges (to find
the  gap between something  like the points that used to be in auto's
ignition system)

They are allen wrenches, what might be bothering you about their appearance
is they are twisted.

I guess I really can't tell.  Their shape is a common shape for allen
wrenches.

most allen wrnches are L shapped, those are more like Z and look flat. 
again it's a bad picture.

I have certainly used Z-shaped allen wrenches.

I stand corrected, I've never seen one.

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