Tools Flashcards
Used for general measurement work
Steel tape measure / Metro
For relatively long measurements such as lot lines or large room dimensions
Long tape
Used for establishing right angles during construction measurement and layout
Set square / Framing square / Iskwala
For establishing horizontal and vertical levels. Uses a bubble contained inside a cylinder of colored fluid
Spirit level / level bar / lebel / nibel
Used to establish vertical line known as a plumb line
Plumb bob / hulog
Used to draw long straight lines without having to use a pencil or pen
Chalk line / pitik
For general wood working / nail driving
Claw hammer / martilyo
Usually used for metal work
Ball pin hammer
Screw driver that turns by pushing it that turns its shaft
Spiral ratchet screw driver
Used to cut wood
Hand saw / lagari
Saw for cutting along the wood grain
Ripsaw blade
Saw for cutting perpendicular to the wood
Crosscut blade
Has a rigid blade. More effective in cutting long straight lines
Back saw
Used to cut metal. Has a replaceable blade with fine teeth
Hack saw / lagaring bakal
Used to gouge wood
Wood chisel / paet
Used for metal or stone work or sheet metal forming
Cold chisel
Used to push in the nail head into the lumber surface
Nail set / punsol
Used for flattening or leveling small plaster areas
Wood float / rodelang kahoy
Used for smoothening plaster
Steel float / rodelang bakal
General masonry /plastering tool
Steel trowel / Brick trowel
Used to flatten / smoothen large concrete surfaces such as floors or roads
Bull float
Special steel trollwel used in the application of tile mortar or tile adhesive
Tile trowel
Used to fasten metal sheets or light metal sections
Blind riveter
Used for plumbing joints
Pipe wrench / stillson wrench
Used for prying open boards, demolition work and general removal of construction assemblies
Prybar / Kabra
