The Screw Thread! (with pictures)

[Barbarossa]

http://www.johnsongage.com/images/technical.gif

http://www.americanmachinetools.com/How_to_use_a_Lathe_files/Fig7-74.gif

Ingenius, isn't it? :cool:

[Blythorama]

Shexey... :lol:

Did you know the thread of a screw acts as an inclined plane? It delivers a mechanical advantage because you turn the screw a lot to have it go into the wood a little. Thus, the distance moved is greater than the delivered force? Clever eh!

[Barbarossa]

Shexey... :lol:

Did you know the thread of a screw acts as an inclined plane? It delivers a mechanical advantage because you turn the screw a lot to have it go into the wood a little. Thus, the distance moved is greater than the delivered force? Clever eh!

:wacko:

I've changed my mind, you already were a geek before you came here... ;)

[100%]

:wacko:

http://www.dusky.sk/pics/2005-10/1387_Exam.png

[JPaul]

345, used a lot in building to confirm square corners.

The scale of the drawing is pish btw, if that represents 3cm then the other side is well over 4

[Blythorama]

I think the scale of the horizontal axis is twice that of the vertical... Or we are looking at the diagram from an angle with the vertical axis furthest away? :blink:

[Barbarossa]

Maybe you're both viewing it in widescreen, you need to change your monitor resolutions. :mellow:

[Blythorama]

I think my eyes are in widescreen... :blink: