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The right-hand rule of screw threads.
The helix of a thread can twist in two possible directions, which is known as handedness. Most threads are oriented so that a bolt or nut, seen from above, is tightened (the item turned moves away from the viewer) by turning it in a clockwise direction, and loosened (the item moves towards the viewer) by turning counterclockwise. This is known as a right-handed (RH) thread, because it follows the right hand grip rule (often called, more ambiguously, "the right-hand rule"). Threads oriented in the opposite direction are known as left-handed (LH).
By common convention, right-handedness is the default handedness for screw threads. Therefore, most threaded parts and fasteners have right-handed threads. Left-handed thread applications include:
* Where the rotation of a shaft would cause a conventional right-handed nut to loosen rather than to tighten due to fretting induced precession. Examples include:
o The left hand pedal on a bicycle.
o The left-hand grinding wheel on a bench grinder.
o The lug nuts on the left side of some automobiles.
* In combination with right-handed threads in turnbuckles.
* In some gas supply connections to prevent dangerous misconnections, for example in gas welding the flammable gas supply uses left-handed threads.
* In some instances, for example early ballpoint pens, to provide a "secret" method of disassembly.
* In some applications of a leadscrew, for example the cross slide of a lathe, where it is desirable for the cross slide to move away from the operator when the leadscrew is turned clockwise.
The term chirality comes from the Greek word for "hand" and concerns handedness in many other contexts.
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