Translation for "shims" to spanish

Shims

noun

• calce

Translation examples

calce noun

If you need to get out of a zip tie and you can't cut yourself free, your best option is to find a shim.
Si precisas liberarte de una amarradura apretada y no puedes cortarla, tu mejor oportunidad es encontrar un calce.

Well, maybe just remove a shim or two, you know, eliminate some of the slack. He can have his guy replace the whole pedestal.
Bueno, puede que sacando un calce o dos, ya sabes, elimine algo el movimiento.

You can make a shim out of almost anything that's thin enough and flexible enough to slip into the cable tie and separate the teeth from the ratchet mechanism.
Puedes hacer un calce con casi cualquier cosa que sea suficientemente delgada y flexible para deslizarla en el cable de amarre y separar los dientes del mecanismo de apriete.

I was seeing what the shim meant.
Yo veía lo que el calce significaba.

I took a thin plastic shim from my coat pocket and tried it.
Saqué del bolsillo de la chaqueta un delgado calce de plástico y lo intenté.