UNIT 1.

3: Máquinas, herramientas y elementos

mecánicos.

Tools
Tools and their uses are very important to a mechanic. For the person who desires to become a
skilled mechanic it is essential for him to develop his abilities to properly select, use, handle, and care
for the hand and power tools made available for him to use in the performance of his work.

Types of tools

 Hand tools: A tool held in the hand and operated without electricity or other power.
Striking tools: It is a very basic hand tool consisting of a weighted head attached to a
handle.
Cutting tools: A cutting tool is a pointed tool mounted in a machine tool and used for
cutting materials.
Wrenches and screwdrivers: Wrenches are used for removing and securing bolts.
We use screwdrivers to place or remove screws.

 Power tools: Power tools are tools powered by an electric motor or a gasoline engine.

Air tools: An engineering tool driven by compressed air, usually from an airline.

Hand Tools
Exercise 1 Label the tools with words from the box.

Impact socket / saw / pliers / screwdriver / spanner / clamp / hammer

Power Tools
Exercise 2 Label the tools with words from the box.

Lathe/ Buffer / Bench grinder / Paddle / Band saw / Gauge swivel / Grinder / Die grinder

VERB TO BE: SER / ESTAR

Este verbo en el contexto técnico normalmente sirve para indicar el nombre de algún objeto u objetos,
expresar dónde está, cómo es, qué es, que actividad o proceso está ocurriendo, etc. Observar los
ejemplos.

ES

IS ESTÁ

BE SON

ARE

ESTÁN

DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS

“A pair of pliers”
 Exercise 3 Make sentences. Use the correct forms of BE and the correct demonstrative.

Example: (a) These are pliers.

This is a pair of pliers

(b) a set of spanners.

_spanners.

(c) a tool box.

a box of tools.

(d) nails.
a packet of nails.

What is this?
Exercise 4 1 . Answer the following questions: What tool is this? What do you use it for?
2. Label the different parts of this machine.

Arc / Gun cable / Work piece / Work clamps