on 9/10/2003 04:56, Jon Mitchell at jon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>>
>> Hi Mike,
>>
>>> cut a slot and used a thumb screw.
>> How would you describe or translate 'thumb screw' ?
>
> Two rather different things here !! One type of "Thumb-Screw" was an old
> instrument of torture, I believe. Basically it involved painfully damaging
> someone's thumbs (or fingers). It's only 0845 am here and already there are
> a few people I think are worthy of this treatment. I'm having a bad day
> already !!! (There's an old expression that gets used on this side of the
> pond which goes something like "putting on the thumb-screws" meaning to
> apply pressure to someone, to make them do what you want).
Oh you European people still using medieval expressions ;-))
It's 07:35 here and I'm having a bad day since Monday. It's getting worse
today since I'll have to work 24 hs. at a mental hospital. Done for 15 years
now and my own screws are fortunately still well tightened.
>
> The type I believe (hope !) Mike is referring to is kind of like a bolt or
> screw, but with a knurled finger-grip rather than a spanner-head or
> screw-head (thus you can tighten it by hand without the use of a spanner or
> screwdriver). Best example of this is the "thumb-screw" used to attach the
> motor-drives / winders to your OM's.
Now Mike, Les (offlist) and you had left me wondering where do I buy such a
sophisticated screw.
>
> Hope that helps. Sorry for the somewhat violent nature of the message !!
> It's relieved some stress at this end anyway !!
Thanks Jon, I started this awful Thursday laughing :-)))
Fernando.
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