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[โ€“] Xantar@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

(not recently but always useful): Righty tighty, lefty loosey. Always helps when un/screwing things.

[โ€“] Hugh_Jeggs@lemm.ee 7 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

Except gas pressure regulators

And lawnmower blades

And brush cutter heads

And some wheel hubs

What did I miss?

Oh, bicycle pedal cranks

[โ€“] boatswain@infosec.pub 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Half of a bottlescrew or turnbuckle.

[โ€“] Thavron@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 months ago

Some arbor nuts.

[โ€“] sylver_dragon@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

What did I miss?

Anything where the nut will regularly be in a counter-clockwise rotation. Ideally you want the nut spinning toward tightening, so that it doesn't back out over time. So, for some application "left-handed" threads make more sense.

[โ€“] Hugh_Jeggs@lemm.ee 1 points 6 months ago

Congrats for just explaining why I listed those specific things ๐Ÿ˜‚