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HAND VICE [3 records]

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Record 1 2000-10-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hand Tools
DEF

[Vice of which] the hinged jaws, 4-6 in. long, are kept apart by a spring and drawn together by a handscrew. Primarily a metal workers tool but often used in woodworking shops for holding small objects or for grasping recalcitrant nuts or bolts.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage à main

Spanish

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Record 2 1994-05-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plumbing Tools and Equipment
CONT

Victaulic pipe groovers... It is used to cut the Victaulic groove in a pipe. The groover may be hand operated or a power drive may be used. The power drive may be in the form of a power vice, power threading machine or a portable power drive unit.

OBS

Figure.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareillage et outils de plomberie
CONT

Machines à rainurer pour raccords Victaulic. [...] Cette machine-outil peut être dotée d'une commande manuelle ou mécanique. La commande mécanique se présente sous forme d'étau ou de filière mécanique, ou encore de commande mécanique portative.

Spanish

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Record 3 1983-11-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Coal-Derived Fuels
  • Fuels and Types of Hearths
  • Mining of Organic Materials
DEF

The removal by hand of impurities from coal, or vice versa.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Combustibles dérivés des charbons
  • Combustibles et types de foyers
  • Exploitation de matières organiques (Mines)
DEF

Enlèvement à la main des impuretés du charbon, ou inversement.

Spanish

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