tommy bar

English

Tommy bar with socket and extension

Noun

tommy bar (plural tommy bars)

1. (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
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Further reading

• Wrench on Wikipedia.Wikipedia