Chuck,
Thanks a ton. I continiue to learn new things (some usefull - like
this) from this list ;)
Now, the tricky part: does anyone know of a C-clamp with a mounted
accessory shoe being sold anywhere????
--thomas
On Thu, 31 Aug 2000, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> In US English it's called a C-clamp since the frame is C shaped.
> British English might well have a different term. It seems to me that
> there are more than the usual differences between US and British English
> when it comes to tools.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
> Woburn, Massachusetts, USA
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Thomas said:
> Ohh, the curses of not being a native english speaker. I lack a word,
> which I know in Danish.....
>
> I was envisioning something called a "skruetvinge" (let me try to
> explain
> in ASCII-art):
>
>
> ======================
> ||
> ||
> ||
> ||
> ||
> ||
> ||
> ||
> ||
> || ======
> || ||
> || ||
> || ||
> ======================
> ||
> ||
> ||
> || <- thisone has a thread and
> || can thus be screwed up and down
> || to "fix" the device to e.g. a
> || table or a shelf etc.
> ||
> ||
> ======
>
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