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Iwe unogona kunge uine hafu yegumi nembiri yeizvi kumba, mudhirowa redhesiki rako, bhokisi rematurusi, kana akawanda-turusi: simbi hex prisms mashoma inches kureba, kazhinji yakakombama kuita L chimiro. Makiyi eHex, anozivikanwa zviri pamutemo sehex kiyi, ndiwo mabhanhire emazuva ano uye anoshandiswa kuunganidza zvese kubva zvakachipa chipboard fenicha kuenda kumotokari dzinodhura. Kunyanya nekuda kweIKEA, mamirioni avanhu vasina kumbobvira varova nyundo nembambo vakashandura kiyi yehex.
Asi maturusi aiwanika kwose kwose akabva kupi? Nhoroondo yehex wrench inotanga nemumwe wayo, iyo yakazvininipisa bhaudhi, iyo yakabuda kubva mukuchinja kwemaindasitiri sechikamu chepasi rose chakamisikidzwa seti yezvikamu zvinogona kugadzirwa chero pasi.
CHF 61 ($66): Mutengo wekutenga iro repamutemo remapeji mapfumbamwe Global Hex Key Standard gwaro.
8000: Zvigadzirwa zve IKEA zvinouya nekiyi hex, sekureva kwemutauriri weIKEA mubvunzurudzo neQuartz.
Mabhaudhi ekutanga akagadzirwa nemaoko kutanga kwezana ramakore rechi 15, asi kugadzirwa kwakawanda kwakatanga panguva yeRevolution Revolution nekuuya kweinjini yemhepo, simba rekuruka, uye donje gin. Pakupera kwezana ramakore rechi 19, mabhaudhi esimbi akanga akajairika, asi masikweya awo aipa ngozi kuvashandi vomufekitari—makona aiwanzobata zvipfeko, achiparira tsaona. Zvisungo zvekunze zvinotenderedzwa hazvibatike, saka vagadziri vakavanza kona yakapinza inodiwa kuti vatendeutse bhaudhi mukati, rinowanikwa chete nechipanera chehekisi. William J. Allen akapa patent yepfungwa iyi kuUnited States muna 1909, uye kambani yake yezita rimwe chetero yakafanana nechipanera chaidiwa pamasiruuru ake ekuchengetedza.
Hex nzungu uye wrenches yakava nzira huru yekusimbisa mushure meHondo Yenyika II apo veAllies vakaziva kukosha kwekuve nezvisungo zvinochinjika. Sangano reInternational Organisation for Standardization rakavambwa muna 1947, uye rimwe remabasa aro ekutanga raive rekumisa saizi yakajairwa. Hex bolts uye wrenches zvave kushandiswa pasi rese. IKEA yakatanga kushandisa hex wrench muma1960s ndokuudza Quartz kuti chishandiso chiri nyore ichi chinomiririra pfungwa yekuti "iwe ita chikamu chako". Tiri kuita chikamu chedu. Ngatichengetei pamwe chete. “
Kana iri Allen Manufacturing, yakatanga kuwanikwa neApex Tool Group, mugadziri wepasi rose akazotorwa neBain Capital muna 2013. Kambani iyi yakamira kushandisa mhando yeAllen nekuti kuzara kwayo kwakaita kuti ive chishandiso chisingabatsiri chekushambadzira. Asi iyo hex wrench pachayo inobatsira kupfuura nakare kose kana uine chigaro chebhasikoro kugadzirisa kana Lagkapten kuungana.
Makiyi ehex anowanikwa zvakadii? Mutori wenhau akapamba imba yake akawana gumi nemaviri (uye akafunga kuti angangorasa vazhinji vavo). Zvisinei, mazuva avo ekutonga ari kusvika kumagumo. Mutauriri weIKEA akaudza Quartz kuti: "Chinangwa chedu ndechekuenda kune imwe mhinduro yakapfava, isina maturusi inoderedza nguva yegungano uye kuita kuti kuungana kwefenicha kunakidze."
1818: Blacksmith Micah Rugg anovhura yekutanga yakatsaurirwa mabhaudhi nzvimbo yekugadzira muUnited States, ichigadzira mazana mashanu mabhaudhi pazuva ne1840.
1909: William J. Allen anoisa patent yekutanga yehex-driven safety screw, kunyange zvazvo pfungwa yacho ingave yave iripo kwemakumi emakore.
1964: John Bondhus anogadzira "screwdriver", muromo wakatenderedzwa unoshandiswa mune hex wrench inomonyorora chinosunga pakona.
Iyo hex wrench yakagadzirwa kuburikidza nehuinjiniya hwechokwadi, ichibvumira kugadzirwa kwakawanda kwezvikamu zvinochinjika kutsiva zvisungo zvisina mwero.
Injiniya wekuBritain, Henry Maudslay, anonzi ndiye akatanga kugadzira muchina wekuchekeresa makukutu muna 1800, uye lathe yake yekucheka-cheka yakabvumira kuti zvisungo zvakafanana kuti zvigadzirwe. Maudsley aive mwana mudiki uyo, pazera re19, akapihwa basa rekutungamira musangano. Akavakawo micrometer yekutanga yakamubvumira kuyera zvikamu zviduku se 1/1000 ye inch, iyo yaakadana kuti "Mutongi Mukuru" nokuti yaimiririra chisarudzo chekupedzisira chekuti chigadzirwa chakasangana nemitemo yake. Nhasi, screws haina kuchekwa kuita chimiro, asi inoumbwa kubva waya.
"Hex Key" ishoko rakafanana risingakwanise kunyoreswa sechiratidzo nekuda kwekuwanda kwayo, seKleenex, Xerox neVelcro. Nyanzvi dzinoidaidza kuti "genocide".
Ndeipi hex wrench yakanakira imba yako? Wirecutter's vatengi chigadzirwa nyanzvi dzakaedza dzakasiyana siyana hex wrenches, uye kana iwe uchinakidzwa nekukurukura ma angles ekupinda efastener uye kubata ergonomics, tarisa ongororo yavo ine chiremera. Uyezve: ine zvese zvishandiso zvaunoda kugadzira IKEA fenicha.
Muongororo yesvondo rapfuura yeMoments Poll, 43% vakati vaizovaka cheni inogadzika neFrito-Lay, 39% vakasarudza Taylor Swift, uye 18% vakasarudza chibvumirano neHBO Max.
E-mail yanhasi yakanyorwa naTim Fernholz (uyo akawana chiitiko ichi chichishungurudza) uye yakagadziriswa naSusan Howson (uyo anofarira kubvisa zvinhu) naAnalize Griffin (kiyi hex kumwoyo yedu).
Mhinduro chaiyo kumubvunzo ndiD., iyo Lincoln Bolt yatakauya nayo. Asi mamwe mabhaudhi chaiwo!