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Does each language have "lefty loosey righty tighty"? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The world has a lot of different standards for a lot of things, but I have never heard of a place with the default screw thread direction being opposite.

So does each language have a fun mnemonic?

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[–] [email protected] 79 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (11 children)

I never really got that one, because "left" vs "right" only works when you are looking at the top of the screw. At the bottom, left tightens, and right loosens. So the one I remember is "clockwise to close".

Edit: the image on the post is actually a good example. If I'm off the screen to the right holding the spanner, then from my perspective, "left" would tighten.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I explained here, but that's why I prefer using the right-hand-rule. Sometimes thinking about clockwise in strange frame of references hurts my little brain.

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