Strong-arm work dressed up as a proper technique: cranking a manual handwheel for a long cut, lifting a vise without the crane, or moving parts with a pry bar. Machine tools without power feed get called Armstrong-equipped. The joke usually comes with the recommendation to find the hoist.
Heard on the job
No power feed on the old shaper, so it's the Armstrong method for that whole face, grab a coffee first.
Also heard as
- Armstrong power
- Armstrong