tommy bar

English

Tommy bar with socket and extension

Noun

tommy bar (plural tommy bars)

(engineering) An iron or steel bar used as a lever. A short bar put through the shaft of a socket spanner or box spanner to provide extra leverage. A bar used to adjust the chuck of a lathe.

Synonyms

(short bar): T-handle
(hooked bar): crowbar or jimmy

Translations

short bar

Dutch: kruk (nl) m

Further reading

Wrench on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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