jaw spanner

  • 1spanner — span ner (sp[a^]n n[ e]r), n. 1. One who, or that which, spans. [1913 Webster] 2. The lock of a fusee or carbine; also, the fusee or carbine itself. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 3. An iron instrument having a jaw to fit a nut or the head of a bolt, and… …

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  • 2Adjustable spanner — From the bottom: 1. The first adjustable spanner f …

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  • 3Wrench — For other uses, see Wrench (disambiguation). A set of chrome vanadium metric wrenches, open at one end, box/ring at the other. This type is commonly known as a combination wrench. A wrench or spanner is a tool used to provide grip and mechanical… …

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  • 4British Standard Whitworth — (BSW) is one of a number of imperial unit based screw thread standards which use the same bolt heads and nut hexagonal sizes, some others being British Standard Fine thread (BSF) and British Standard Cycle. These three are collectively called… …

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  • 5Chuck (engineering) — Self centering three jaw chuck and key with one jaw removed and inverted showing the teeth that engage in the scroll plate. The scroll plate is rotated within the chuck body by the key, the scroll engages the teeth on the underside of the jaws… …

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  • 6British Association screw threads — British Association or BA screw threads are a largely obsolete set of small screw threads, the largest being 0BA at 6 mm diameter. They were, and to some extent still are, used for miniature instruments and modelling.They are unusual in that they …

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  • 7Monkey wrench — For other uses of this term, see monkey wrench (disambiguation). The monkey wrench (also known as an adjustable spanner in the UK) is an adjustable wrench, a later American development of eighteenth century English coach wrenches. It was popular… …

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  • 8List of screw drives — Contents 1 Common types 1.1 External types 1.1.1 Square 1.1.2 Hex …

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  • 9Crusher — For other uses, see Crusher (disambiguation). A crusher is a machine designed to reduce large rocks into smaller rocks, gravel, or rock dust. Crushers may be used to reduce the size, or change the form, of waste materials so they can be more… …

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  • 10wrench — wrencher, n. wrenchingly, adv. /rench/, v.t. 1. to twist suddenly and forcibly; pull, jerk, or force by a violent twist: He wrenched the prisoner s wrist. 2. to overstrain or injure (the ankle, knee, etc.) by a sudden, violent twist: When she… …

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