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  2. Adjustable spanner - Wikipedia

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    An adjustable spanner (UK and most other English-speaking countries), also called a shifting spanner (Australia and New Zealand) [1] or adjustable wrench (US and Canada), [a] is any of various styles of spanner (wrench) with a movable jaw, allowing it to be used with different sizes of fastener head (nut, bolt, etc.) rather than just one fastener size, as with a conventional fixed spanner.

  3. Go equipment - Wikipedia

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    Go equipment refers to the board, stones (playing pieces), and bowls for the stones required to play the game of Go.The quality and materials used in making Go equipment varies considerably, and the cost varies accordingly from economical to extremely expensive.

  4. Parts washer - Wikipedia

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    Industrial front load parts washer with door mounted "swing-out" turntable Industrial and automotive parts washer with hydraulically operated door and pull-out parts basket/parts carriage. A parts washer is a piece of equipment used to remove contaminants or debris, such as dirt, grime, carbon, oil, grease, metal chips, cutting fluids, mold ...

  5. List of screw and bolt types - Wikipedia

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    Drywall screws designated as fine are the most common screws to use the twinfast style of threads. [5] wood screw: A metal screw with a sharp point designed to attach two pieces of wood together. Wood screws are commonly available with flat, pan, or oval-heads. A wood screw generally has a partially unthreaded shank below the head.

  6. Washer (hardware) - Wikipedia

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    Wave washers A washer with a "wave" in the axial direction, which provides spring pressure when compressed. Wave washers, of comparable size, do not produce as much force as Belleville washers. In Germany, they are sometimes used as lock washers but they are less effective than other choices. [a] [8] Split washer or spring lock washer

  7. Go (game) - Wikipedia

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    Go is an abstract strategy board game for two players in which the aim is to fence off more territory than the opponent. The game was invented in China more than 2,500 years ago and is believed to be the oldest board game continuously played to the present day.

  8. List of screw drives - Wikipedia

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    Slot screw drives have a single horizontal indentation (the slot) in the fastener head and is driven by a "common blade" or flat-bladed screwdriver.This form was the first type of screw drive to be developed, and, for centuries, it was the simplest and cheapest to make because it can just be sawed or filed.

  9. Rail fastening system - Wikipedia

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    For fastening flat-bottomed rails, an upper-lipped washer can be used to grip the edge of the rail. They are more resistant to loosening by vibrations and movement of the rail. [21] They are thought more effective than spikes and screws and so are used in positions such as switch (point) tieplates [22] and on sharp curves. [23]