This document provides an overview of common hand tools used in woodworking and construction, including their names in Spanish and their functions. It covers tools for measurement like tape measures and squares, holding tools like vices and clamps, saws for cutting materials, files and sandpaper for smoothing, hammers for nailing, drills for drilling holes, and screwdrivers and pliers for installing screws and bolts. Basic safety rules are also outlined, such as always asking a teacher before using tools and not touching others who are working with tools.

1. Working with Hand
Tools
1ºESO AICLE
Tuesday, 7th
of February, 2017

2. VOCABULARY
 To measure: medir
 To mark: marcar
 To saw: cortar con una sierra, o serrar
 To hold: sujetar
 To drill: taladrar (hacer un agujero)
 To smooth: rebajar (quitar material sobrante
de algo)
 To nail: clavar (tachas con un martillo)
 To screw: atornillar (tornillos con un
destornillador)

3. SECURITY RULES
Always use the tools correctly
Always ask your teacher
before using a tool
Never touch a person who is
working with a tool
Always use security gloves
when using dangerous tools
Tools are not toys. They can be very dangerous if we
don’t use them appropiately

4. 1. MEASURE TOOLS
This is a SQUARE (escuadra)
We use a square to measure and
mark right angles and 45 degrees
angles
THIS IS A TAPE MEASURE
(flexómetro o metro)
We use the tape measure to
measure things in centimeters and
millimeters
We use measure tools (instrumentos de
medida) to measure (medir) objects

5. 2. HOLDING TOOLS
This is a BENCH VICE: tornillo de
banco.
We use the bench vice to hold things
This is a F-CLAMP (Sargento).
We use the F-Clamp to hold things
We use holding tools (herramientas de
sujeción) to hold(sujetar) objects

6. 3. SAWS
This is a HANDSAW (serrucho). We
use the handsaw to cut long wood
boards
This is a COPING SAW (sierra de
marquetería). We use the coping
saw to cut thin, soft wood in curves
This is a HACKSAW (sierra de arco).
We can use the hacksaw to cut
pieces of wood, metals and plastic
We use saws (sierras) to saw (serrar) materials

7. 4. FILES, RASPS and SANDPAPER
This is a FILE (lima)
We can use a file to smooth
(rebajar) small pieces of wood,
metal or plastic
This is a RASP (escofina)
We can use a rasp to smooth big
pieces of hard wood
THIS IS SAND PAPER (papel de
lija)
We use sand paper to sand (lijar)
materials, especially wood

8. 5. HAMMERS for NAILING
This is a PIN HAMMER
(Martillo de tapicero), for small
things
This is a CLAW HAMMER
(Martillo de carpintero), for big
things
This is a NYLON MALLET
(maza de nylon).
We use it to hammer soft
materials
We use hammers to nail (clavar) nails (tachas)

9. 6. DRILLS
This is an ELECTRIC DRILL
(taladro eléctrico). We use
the electric drill to drill
(taladrar) hard materials
This is a GIMLET (barrena).
We use the gimlet to drill
thin and soft materials
We use DRILLS to DRILL (taladrar)

10. 7. PLIERS AND SCREWDRIVERS
This is a screwdriver: destornillador
We use a screwdriver to screw
(atornillar) screws (tornillos)
These are pliers: alicates
We use pliers to hold objects and
to cut cables.
This is a chisel: formón.
We use the chisel and the hammer
to cut wood.