It's 3 , Al. And it's 1 yard from the King's nose to the end of his arm. I'm blowed if I know whether you'd ever get 36 inches in a yard that way though! JohnP ----- Original Message ----- From: "Allen Messer" <al_messer@xxxxxxxxx> To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2006 9:02 PM Subject: [modeleng] Re: Nuts and Bolts This is all so confusing. Tell me again--how many Barleycorns to the inch?? Al Messer --- John Pagett <john_pagett@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > The pitch for 0BA is a bit out - should be 25.4 tpi > exactly, cos it's a 1mm > pitch. > > The pitch of any BA thread (in mm) is 0.9 raised to > the power of the BA > number, so 0BA is 1mm, 1 BA is 0.9mm, 2 BA is 0.81mm > etc. Trouble is, you > end up with silly numbers of decimal places after > that! > > Nevertheless, a useful chart, Ian > > JohnP > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "I.D.PRIEST." <idpriest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2006 9:54 AM > Subject: [modeleng] Nuts and Bolts > > > Greetings all, > Have a look at this, might be of use to some of you. > > Regards IDP > > > http://www.britishfasteners.com/images/nuts_bolts_key.pdf#search=%22british%20association%20nuts%22 > > "Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the > intention of arriving > safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but > rather to skid in > sideways, Champagne in one hand - strawberries in > the other, > body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and > screaming WOO HOO - What a > Ride!" > > "Never drive faster than your gaurdian angel can > fly" > > Priest & Sons Model Engineers > http://www.kinvermes.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/p1.htm > > MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. > > To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email > to, > modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word > "unsubscribe" in the subject > line. > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.407 / Virus Database: 268.12.11/460 - > Release Date: 01/10/2006 > > > > MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. > > To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email > to, > modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word > "unsubscribe" in the subject line. > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line. -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.407 / Virus Database: 268.12.11/460 - Release Date: 01/10/2006 MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.