Screwing around (Was: Multimeter recomendations

Philip Pemberton classiccmp at philpem.me.uk
Fri Sep 24 19:12:08 CDT 2010


On 24/09/10 22:38, Tony Duell wrote:
> I've seen left-handed taps and dies on sale. And of course it's easy to
> cut a left-hand thread on a lathe. But I have never seen LH nuts an bolts
> listed by any company in the UK. But I've not seriously looked for them.

PTS (or someone like them) could probably make them up if you really 
wanted them...

Though given that the standard is right-handed, I'd file left-handed 
under "use only if you want to screw with peoples' minds". Pun not 
intended but worth a grin regardless :)

-- 
Phil.
classiccmp at philpem.me.uk
http://www.philpem.me.uk/



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