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  2. Hand scraper - Wikipedia

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    The scraper in the center of the image is a three corner scraper and is typically used to deburr holes or the internal surface of bush-type bearings. Bushes are typically made from bronze or a white metal. The scraper pictured at the bottom is a curved scraper. It has a slight curve in its profile and is also suitable for bush bearings ...

  3. Scrape - Wikipedia

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    Scraper (biology), grazer-scraper, a water animal that feeds on stones and other substrates by grazing algae, microorganism and other matter; Scrape, a depression in the ground, bare of soil, which is used as a bird nest; Cloud scraper, birds of the genus Cisticola; scrapers, a group of cyprinid fish in the genus Capoeta

  4. Babbitt (alloy) - Wikipedia

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    The crankshaft and connecting-rod big-end bearings in current automobile engines are made of a replaceable steel shell, keyed to the bearing caps. The inner surface of the steel shell is plated with a coating of bronze , which is in turn coated with a thin layer of Babbitt metal as the bearing surface.

  5. Crank (mechanism) - Wikipedia

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    According to F. Lisheng and T. Qingjun, the hand-crank of the rotary quern was different from a crank, which was the combination of a hand-crank and a push-and-pull connecting rod by a hinge. [ 7 ] The Antikythera mechanism, dated to around 200 BC, [ 25 ] [ 26 ] used a crank as a part of its mechanism. [ 27 ]

  6. Woodturning - Wikipedia

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    A sharp scraper has a burr at the edge which cuts the wood, only a dull scraper scrapes. bowl saver – a tool used to core out the inside part of a bowl, allowing the waste piece to be used to create a smaller bowl, and to limit the number of wood chips created when hollowing out a bowl.

  7. Ice scraper - Wikipedia

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    An ice scraper is a handheld tool for removing frost, ice, and snow from windows, usually on automobiles. Basic scrapers have a plastic blade and handle, though some have blades made out of metal. More complex models often include brushes to help remove collected snow, or squeegees to remove water if the ambient temperature is near the melting ...

  8. Flanger (railroad) - Wikipedia

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    A flanger (also known as a scraper or digger) is a railroad car that clears the space between the rails, generally of ice and snow. While a wedge plow can remove snow above the surface of the rails, the flanger removes snow and ice from below the surface of the rails where the railway wheel flanges fit. [ 1 ]

  9. Crank - Wikipedia

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    Crank (mechanism), in mechanical engineering, a bent portion of an axle or shaft, or an arm keyed at right angles to the end of a shaft, by which motion is imparted to or received from it Crankset , the component of a bicycle drivetrain that converts the reciprocating motion of the rider's legs into rotational motion