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2. Socket wrench - Wikipedia

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   For example, a 1 ⁄ 4-inch to 3 ⁄ 8-inch adapter allows sockets with 1 ⁄ 4-inch drive holes to attach to a 3 ⁄ 8-inch ratchet, and so on. Universal joints are two articulated socket joints (about 1 inch (25 mm) long) combined at a right angle, that allow a bend in the turning axis of the wrench and socket. They are used with extensions ...

3. Nut driver - Wikipedia

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   A 1 ⁄ 4 in (6.35 mm) Xcelite nut driver with a fixed socket. An Easco spinner handle with a detachable 1 ⁄ 4 in (6.35 mm) socket attached. A nutdriver or nut driver is a hand tool for tightening or loosening nuts and bolts .

4. List of screw drives - Wikipedia

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   Spline socket driver sizes [1] Driver size in mm flutes in mm flutes 0.033 0.84: ... At center, a Torx T25/slot Dual Drive screw; at left, a 3 ⁄ 16-inch (4.8 mm ...

5. List of screw and bolt types - Wikipedia

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   Square head cap screws up to and including 3 ⁄ 4 inch (19.05 mm) have a head 1 ⁄ 8 inch (3.175 mm) larger than the shank; screws larger than 3 ⁄ 4 inch (19.05 mm) have a head 1 ⁄ 4 inch (6.35 mm) larger than the shank. [9] In 1919, Dyke defined them as screws that are threaded all the way to the head. [10] socket screw

6. Screwdriver - Wikipedia

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   Robertson, also known as a square, [15] or Scrulox [16] screw drive has a square-shaped socket in the screw head and a square protrusion on the tool. Both the tool and the socket have a taper, which makes inserting the tool easier, and also tends to help keep the screw on the tool tip.

7. Hex key - Wikipedia

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   The idea of a hex socket screw drive was probably conceived as early as the 1860s to the 1890s, but such screws were probably not manufactured until around 1910. Rybczynski (2000) describes a flurry of patents for alternative drive types in the 1860s to the 1890s in the U.S., [2] which are confirmed to include internal-wrenching square and triangle types (that is, square and triangular sockets ...