[Pete] bought himself an old South Bend lathe, but unfortunately some of the thumb screws were missing from this fine old machine. Originally, the lathe had knurled thumbscrews, and with a ...

Hexalobular (6-Lobe) cap screws, have a sixlobe recess and are driven using a 6-Lobe wrench or insert bit, making them more efficient than slotted screws and hex ...

Description: To DIN 7985. Nickel plated brass finish to resist tarnishing Length = 12mm Thread Size Metric = M5 Head Shape = Pan Thread Pitch = 0.8 Material = Brass Drive Type = Cross Finish = Nickel ...

There’s no question that power tools have made things easier in the shop. But the craft of woodworking has been around a lot longer than electric tools, and there are still some hand tools that are ...

The world is literally kept from coming apart by screws and bolts, and yet we don’t often give a thought to these mechanisms. Part of that is probably because we’ve gotten so good at making ...

If you regularly repair old machinery or other things around your home, you’re bound to run into rusted screws. As long as you keep the right tools and supplies on hand, you can undo even the ...

The ruler slides within the tool, and you can lock it in place with a knurled thumb turn ... the scribe has a threaded piece that screws into the base to store it securely. On the Irwin, however ...

For ESR measurement, place the S-Sedivette ® into the sedimentation rack and use the knurled thumb screw to adjust the sample level to zero. After one hour, read the sedimentation value from the ...

David Edwards has spent over a decade reporting on social justice, human rights and politics for Raw Story. He also writes Crooks and Liars. He has a background in enterprise resource planning and ...

A good smartphone gimbal provides stable footage in-camera, instead of relying on playback speed ramping in post-processing ...

If one mark of a great masterpiece is its ability to withstand continual reinterpretations, then Benjamin Britten’s 1954 chamber opera The Turn of the Screw is up there with the greatest.