[modeleng] Re: BA/ME Thread Query
- From: "TEL" <tel@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 03:29:33 +1100
I see RDG are offering both the 3/32" and 1/16" Whitworth dies for quite
reasonable money, but it doesn't look like they have the taps
> Tel, I think you might have it.
> I had forgotten 3/32BSW.
> At 0.09375 it is right between 7 and 8 BA, and 48tpi (I had to look it up)
> it isnt far from the BA threads.
>
> As for cycle, as mentioned by Andrew, there are several around those
sizes,
> (details are on page 75 of my website) but I reckon that BSW is more
likely.
>
> If the originals were made by Bassett Lowke, they did source a lot of
goods
> from Germany from their inception up to WW2, and some were to metric
> dimensions, although I dot think any standard metric thread is in that
size.
> Bonds, on the other hand, were AFAIK strictly British dimensions. Easy to
> check as they still exist, in Rumbolds Hill, Midhurst, and contacting them
> might provide the answer, if they were a Bonds product.
> Alan Stepney
>
> http://www.alanstepney.info
> Model Engineering & steam engine information pages
> ----- Original Message -----
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> 3/32W is also a standard thread and could well be wot it is
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