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Why is a cats head call a cats head?
I know what one is, I just don't know why it is called that. Idle
questions on an idle day..... Andy |
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Why is a cats head call a cats head?
Maybe because the bolts stick out like cat's whiskers.
Bob Swinney "TheAndroid" wrote in message oups.com... I know what one is, I just don't know why it is called that. Idle questions on an idle day..... Andy |
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Why is a cats head call a cats head?
On 13 Jan 2006 07:27:23 -0800, TheAndroid wrote:
I know what one is, I just don't know why it is called that. Idle questions on an idle day..... I know what a "cat's paw" is, but "cat's head" doesn't ring a bell. What's it used for? |
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Why is a cats head call a cats head?
It's a collar with three or four screws with locknuts perpendicular and
pointing in. The screws are used to hold and center odd shaped work (like rectangular) pieces for use with the steady rest. The collar rotates in the steady and the item turns with it. Andy |
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Why is a cats head call a cats head?
"TheAndroid" wrote in message oups.com... It's a collar with three or four screws with locknuts perpendicular and pointing in. The screws are used to hold and center odd shaped work (like rectangular) pieces for use with the steady rest. The collar rotates in the steady and the item turns with it. Andy Good explanation. I didn't know what it was either. "Cathead biscuits" is as close as I could come. Garrett Fulton |
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Why is a cats head call a cats head?
Different trades, different backgrounds!!!
Cathead, in my experience, is a smooth power driven drum used in winching. here's one: http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/etools/oilandgas/illustrated_glossary/cathead.html Went to look for one to show you and came up with this from answers.com: A beam projecting outward from the bow of a ship and used as a support to lift the anchor. (top posted for your convenience) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Keep the whole world singing . . . . DanG (remove the sevens) "TheAndroid" wrote in message oups.com... I know what one is, I just don't know why it is called that. Idle questions on an idle day..... Andy |
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Why is a cats head call a cats head?
On 13 Jan 2006 07:27:23 -0800, "TheAndroid" wrote: I know what one is, I just don't know why it is called that. Idle questions on an idle day..... Andy Beacuse it is attached to a cat? Errol Groff Instructor, Manufacturing Technology H.H. Ellis Technical High School 613 Upper Maple Street Danielson, CT 06239 New England Model Engineering Society www.neme-s.org |
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Why is a cats head call a cats head?
Errol Groff wrote:
Andy Beacuse it is attached to a cat? By that definition, my cats each have 6 heads jk |
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Why is a cats head call a cats head?
On Sat, 14 Jan 2006 14:06:35 -0800, jk wrote:
Errol Groff wrote: Beacuse it is attached to a cat? By that definition, my cats each have 6 heads I should think the males would have 8 or 9, depending on how you choose to count the bits... ;-P -- Bruce -- |
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Why is a cats head call a cats head?
On Sun, 15 Jan 2006 06:26:04 GMT, Bruce L. Bergman
wrote: On Sat, 14 Jan 2006 14:06:35 -0800, jk wrote: Errol Groff wrote: Beacuse it is attached to a cat? By that definition, my cats each have 6 heads I should think the males would have 8 or 9, depending on how you choose to count the bits... ;-P -- Bruce -- ROFLMAO! The aim of untold millions is to be free to do exactly as they choose and for someone else to pay when things go wrong. In the past few decades, a peculiar and distinctive psychology has emerged in England. Gone are the civility, sturdy independence, and admirable stoicism that carried the English through the war years .. It has been replaced by a constant whine of excuses, complaints, and special pleading. The collapse of the British character has been as swift and complete as the collapse of British power. Theodore Dalrymple, |
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Why is a cats head call a cats head?
that's what I thought of as well, Dan.
Tom "DanG" wrote in message news:Lj8yf.12182$0G.12038@dukeread10... Different trades, different backgrounds!!! Cathead, in my experience, is a smooth power driven drum used in winching. here's one: http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/etools/oilandgas/illustrated_glossary/cathead.html Went to look for one to show you and came up with this from answers.com: A beam projecting outward from the bow of a ship and used as a support to lift the anchor. (top posted for your convenience) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Keep the whole world singing . . . . DanG (remove the sevens) "TheAndroid" wrote in message oups.com... I know what one is, I just don't know why it is called that. Idle questions on an idle day..... Andy |
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Why is a cats head call a cats head?
Tom Miller wrote:
that's what I thought of as well, Dan. Tom "DanG" wrote in message news:Lj8yf.12182$0G.12038@dukeread10... Different trades, different backgrounds!!! Cathead, in my experience, is a smooth power driven drum used in winching. here's one: http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/etools/oilandgas/illustrated_glossary/cathead.html Went to look for one to show you and came up with this from answers.com: A beam projecting outward from the bow of a ship and used as a support to lift the anchor. (top posted for your convenience) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Keep the whole world singing . . . . DanG (remove the sevens) "TheAndroid" wrote in message oups.com... I know what one is, I just don't know why it is called that. Idle questions on an idle day..... Andy However, from the OED: ..................... a. A small capstan (Simmonds Dict. Trade 1858). b. A broad-bully hammer (Raymond Mining Gloss.). c. An attachment to a lathe to assist in supporting long bars when they are being turned' (Cent. Dict. Suppl. 1909). 1940 Chambers's Techn. Dict. 141/2 Cathead or spider, a lathe accessory consisting of a turned sleeve. So perhaps, as resembling "a small capstan" the lathe attachment became so named.. Tom |
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