General purpose electric or pneumatic tools used in a metal workshop for grinding, drilling, cutting or heating, distinct from the forge specific equipment grouped under metalworking forging tools. This includes the angle grinder, bench grinder, grinding wheel and grindstone used to grind and sharpen, the drill press, jackhammer, plasma cutter, rotary tool, air hammer and needle scaler used to drill, break, cut or clean metal, and the electrically heated soldering iron used to melt solder into a joint.
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The introduction of the electric motor (and electric distribution networks) in the 1880s made possible the self-powered stationary and portable tools we know today.
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