Shoddy Hardware (Was: Re: WW fixtures (was Re: "New" PDP-8))

From: Fred Cisin <cisin_at_xenosoft.com>
Date: Sat Apr 6 13:35:56 2002

> > Should I toss buttress threads in? Or the whole family of oilfield
> > tool joint technology? Those are threaded pipe couplings meant to be
> > torqued to 50,000 ft/lb and more. You oughta see the pipe-wrench....
> I bet you don't drop that pipe-wrench on your foot :)

What do you call the type of thread used for adjusting the size of pipe
wrenches (and Crescent wrenches)?


If nobody objects to something ON-topic:
What would you call the thread of the lead screw on a Micropolis 100TPI
drive?
Received on Sat Apr 06 2002 - 13:35:56 BST