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2. OTC Tool Company - Wikipedia

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   OTC Tools (originally Owatonna Tool Company) is a tool and equipment manufacturer. It was founded in Owatonna, Minnesota, by Godfrey Kaplan, who operated a small machine shop there. Kaplan's son Rueben, invented the "Grip-O-Matic" universal gear puller and received his first patent. [1] The tool remains virtually unchanged to this day. [2]

3. Ratchet (device) - Wikipedia

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   Red arrows indicate which way force is applied to the gear rack. The rack and pawl are both restricted to only linear movement (not shown). A ratchet (occasionally spelled rachet ) is a mechanical device that allows continuous linear or rotary motion in only one direction while preventing motion in the opposite direction.

4. Come-along - Wikipedia

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   A come-along. A come-along, also known as a power puller, is a hand-operated winch with a ratchet used to pull objects. The drum is wrapped with wire rope.A similar tool that uses a nylon strap is used to straighten trees, as it straightens gradually over time, therefore not splitting the trunk.

5. Idler-wheel - Wikipedia

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   An idler gear is a gear wheel that is inserted between two or more other gear wheels. The purpose of an idler gear can be two-fold. Firstly, the idler gear will change the direction of rotation of the output shaft. Secondly, an idler gear can assist to reduce the size of the input/output gears whilst maintaining the spacing of the shafts.

6. Broaching (metalworking) - Wikipedia

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   Broaching is a machining process that uses a toothed tool, called a broach, to remove material.There are two main types of broaching: linear and rotary.In linear broaching, which is the more common process, the broach is run linearly against a surface of the workpiece to produce the cut.

7. Pulley - Wikipedia

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   Cone pulleys and step pulleys (which operate on the same principle, although the names tend to be applied to flat belt versions and V-belt versions, respectively) are a way to provide multiple drive ratios in a belt-and-pulley system that can be shifted as needed, just as a transmission provides this function with a gear train that