1. Home
  2. ⏣ General Metalworking
  3. VOK?

VOK?

The school where my son teaches has a "nutty" school mascot. To me it appears to be a locknut, not a split locknut but the kind that has a bunch of rectangles coming out from the central circle. The mascot could be that or it could be some kind of gear. Anyway, he insists that this hardware is called a "vok" and I think it is called a vok because it is the mascot of a vocational (voKational) school.

In general I am against having hardware as mascots but is there such a thing as a "VOK".

Regards, Leonard

Reply to
Leonard & Peggy Brown
Loading thread data ...

I think you mean a lockwasher and not a locknut, don't you?

All I can think of is an old cartoon of a bolt with stick legs and arms chasing a similarly limbed nut who is saying to the bolt, "No you don't, not without a lockwasher." (Yahadda be there...)

Jeff

Reply to
Jeff Wisnia

No, I'm getting a castellated nut, like you use to be secured by a cotter pin. There should be a bunch of these in auto suspension and steering components.

Jon

Reply to
Jon Elson

No, I see a star washer.

Reply to
Stephen Young

Yeah, it was the "split locknut" that has me thinking he meant lockwasher.

Though I suppose the slots in a castellated nut could be called "splits" by someone like the OP, who I'm guessing must be a lawyer, 'cause he displays such a strong proclivity for describing things in words intended to suppress the transfer of information.

Jeff

Reply to
Jeff Wisnia

Calling me was "Lawyer" is indeed an insult! I think I was wanting the term "castellated washer"..... has anyone ever heard of them being called voks?

LB

Reply to
Leonard & Peggy Brown

Hey ???

Castellated washers (tab washers) with a centre key to key in the shaft keyway are used on shafts to lock castellated nuts.. They are available at any bearing supplier. The nut has a strong chamfer (not quite Vee'd) and is referenced as an "NO5" for example (fits a 1-1/4" shaft??), and the corresponding washer would be a "WO5". Maybe at some point in time an old Swedish school teacher wanted to call that a Vee, OK?". Would that be a VOK?

Take care. Brian Laws>Calling me was "Lawyer" is indeed an insult! I think I was wanting the term

Reply to
Brian Lawson

PolyTech Forum website is not affiliated with any of the manufacturers or service providers discussed here. All logos and trade names are the property of their respective owners.