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- plane a carpenter's hand tool with an adjustable blade for smoothing or shaping wood
- pot a resistor with three terminals, the third being an adjustable center terminal; used to adjust voltages in radios and TV sets
- chuck a holding device consisting of adjustable jaws that center a workpiece in a lathe or center a tool in a drill
- forestay an adjustable stay from the foremast to the deck or bowsprit; controls the bending of the mast
- trammel an adjustable pothook set in a fireplace
- slip-joint pliers pliers with a joint adjustable to two positions in order to increase the opening of the jaws
- surface gauge gauge consisting of a scriber mounted on an adjustable stand; used to test the accuracy of plane surfaces
- peep sight rear gunsight having an adjustable eyepiece with a small aperture through which the front sight and the target are aligned
- barber chair a large fixed adjustable chair in which barbers seat their customers
- barndoor an opaque adjustable flap on a lamp fixture; used in photography to cut off light from particular areas