finger-tight

Any equipment assembled in such away that it can be stripped or dismantled easily.

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Make sure each bolt is finger-tight before tightening them all with a wrench.

Low-Cost Rain Barrel Aquaponics System: Create an eco-friendly aquaponics system that will provide your family with fish and fresh greens for years to come

The thumbscrew is spring-loaded and also has flats on it if you want to screw it down more than finger-tight.

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The jam nut was less than finger-tight. There was no Loctite or self-locking mechanism, apparently by design.

Nuts

So get into this habit: Make the connections at both ends of the supply line finger-tight, then give them another one-eighth to one-quarter turn with pliers.

Tips for weekend plumbers

That's like finger-tight plus a little twist of the wrench.

Don't flub hub plug torque

Then tighten the gland follower nuts finger-tight to start.

How to avoid pump packing failures

There are many pieces to be bolted to each other and only finger-tight. We begin to notice that there is not one picture that is just like our building; but that's okay, we smile at each other, still confident we can do this.