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About time I got some imperial spanners, so ;

MrLongbeard wrote: Wed Oct 06, 2021 6:48 pm About time I got some imperial spanners, so ;

Have you got yourself a Zeus Book?

Pirahna wrote: Wed Oct 06, 2021 11:26 pm Have you got yourself a Zeus Book?

Nah, s'what Google is for init

MrLongbeard wrote: Thu Oct 07, 2021 8:43 am

Pirahna wrote: Wed Oct 06, 2021 11:26 pm Have you got yourself a Zeus Book?

Nah, s'what Google is for init

To tuck in the top pocket of your shopcoat and look knowledgeable

slowsider wrote: Thu Oct 07, 2021 10:55 am

MrLongbeard wrote: Thu Oct 07, 2021 8:43 am

Pirahna wrote: Wed Oct 06, 2021 11:26 pm Have you got yourself a Zeus Book?

Nah, s'what Google is for init

To tuck in the top pocket of your shopcoat and look knowledgeable

I'm the most knowledgeable cleverist person in my garage, I have no need to prove it to anyone.
That I'm mostly the only person in my garage carries no weight in this argument

Difficult to tell but those look like A/F to me. You do know that Whitworth / BSF as used on old Brit bikes have different jaw sizes don't you? Both are "imperial" but one set won't fit t'others.

iansoady wrote: Thu Oct 07, 2021 11:43 am Difficult to tell but those look like A/F to me. You do know that Whitworth / BSF as used on old Brit bikes have different jaw sizes don't you? Both are "imperial" but one set won't fit t'others.

Well aware.
There's a greater chance of me being killed by a falling coconut being chewed on by a shark than having a bike that requires anything other than bog standard imperial spanners.

No BSA's then?

The last few had Whitworth, cycle thread, unf and ba....and some metric!

David wrote: Thu Oct 07, 2021 12:27 pm No BSA's then?

The last few had Whitworth, cycle thread, unf and ba....and some metric!

I know it's blasphemy on here but old bikes (pre 1990's) do nothing for me, they should all be used up and thrown away / melted down into something useful like bed pans.

I did say "old" - the 1960s BSAs, Triumphs and Nortons are relative youngsters.

Maybe he's going to be working on Harleys which AFAIK are the only other bikes to use A/F.

By the way the point I was making is that there is no such thing as an "imperial" spanner.

iansoady wrote: Fri Oct 08, 2021 10:59 am By the way the point I was making is that there is no such thing as an "imperial" spanner.

Sure there is, at least in a world where whitworth, BA, BSF etc. for all intents and purposes do not exist, than AF / SAE is the defacto 'imperial' standard.

And that's the world I live in, I've never had need of whitworth, BA, or BSF tools, I will never need whitworth, BA or BSF tools, I more likely to come across a Robertson screw head and need on of his screwdrivers than a whitworth spanner.

The past is a foreign country, and in this very particular instance is irrelevant.

MrLongbeard wrote: Thu Oct 07, 2021 11:52 am

iansoady wrote: Thu Oct 07, 2021 11:43 am Difficult to tell but those look like A/F to me. You do know that Whitworth / BSF as used on old Brit bikes have different jaw sizes don't you? Both are "imperial" but one set won't fit t'others.

Well aware.
There's a greater chance of me being killed by a falling coconut being chewed on by a shark than having a bike that requires anything other than bog standard imperial spanners.

I think the point being made is that there's no such thing as 'bog standard' imperial spanners.....


(note to self - finish reading the damn thread!)

MrLongbeard wrote: Fri Oct 08, 2021 11:35 am

iansoady wrote: Fri Oct 08, 2021 10:59 am By the way the point I was making is that there is no such thing as an "imperial" spanner.

Sure there is, at least in a world where whitworth, BA, BSF etc. for all intents and purposes do not exist, than AF / SAE is the defacto 'imperial' standard.

And is used in a country that threw off the 'imperial' yoke 200 years ago..... there's irony for you.

MrLongbeard wrote: Fri Oct 08, 2021 11:35 am

iansoady wrote: Fri Oct 08, 2021 10:59 am By the way the point I was making is that there is no such thing as an "imperial" spanner.

Sure there is, at least in a world where whitworth, BA, BSF etc. for all intents and purposes do not exist, than AF / SAE is the defacto 'imperial' standard.

And that's the world I live in, I've never had need of whitworth, BA, or BSF tools, I will never need whitworth, BA or BSF tools, I more likely to come across a Robertson screw head and need on of his screwdrivers than a whitworth spanner.

The past is a foreign country, and in this very particular instance is irrelevant.

I'm just waiting for the campaign to reinstate them as part of British diversity and heritage, they will be forced onto the school curriculum despite almost nobody being interested and then manufacturers will be given diversity quotas to employ them.

Secondhand Festool TS 75 guiderail saw.
Its not like I'm short of Festool guiderail saws* but they all give a max cut depth @90 degrees of 55mm off the rail and 50mm on the rail.
This ones got a max cut depth of 75 on the rail and 70 on the rail and realistically who gives a shite about the off rail cuts anyway.
Makes those watercall tables that Youtube is full of possible I guess., can't be that hard when you look at some of the rivets that make them.


Wasn't cheap @ ￡399 but they're knocking on ￡800 new and I have all the rails and so on already which helps a lot.
Just a handy bit of kit for doing the stuff that most other carpenters can't manage.


*Might have a old van but it runs sweet as a nut and its full of (much) better tools than any other carpenter I know. It's only cost me a load of holidays to get em Yay.

A baby torque wrench

What is the torque setting for a baby?

David wrote: Sat Oct 09, 2021 7:29 pm What is the torque setting for a baby?

Torque, a few drinks, a nice meal ...

Spline socket set;