[modeleng] Re: To BA or not to BA, that is the question.

Hello Tel,

Thanks to you too for replying. When I was in Civil Engineering, we had an 
expression "if it looks right, it is right", which was as much to do with 
the overall balance of a design as with the aesthetics. My "however" on this 
is that I am coming in from a non- mechanical / model engineering background 
though, thus have no preconceived notions of what looks right and what does 
not. Also, I can obtain metric nuts and bolts far easier than BA ones 
locally. I suspect that BA stuff would be either a mail order job or a trip 
to Blackgates. I therefore think that I will do my learning with my metric 
taps and dies, moving up to the correct BA sizes if I ever get proficient 
enough to contemplate a true scale model. Strange as it may seem, I can even 
buy Whitworth sizes more easily than the BA ones, as they are still needed 
for the upkeep and repair of the old machinery in the factories hereabouts.

Tony.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Terry Lane" <tel@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, August 26, 2005 10:16 PM
Subject: [modeleng] Re: To BA or not to BA, that is the question.


>
> Hi Aaron, as Adrian has pointed out, the choice of BA threads is largely a
> matter of personal preference, HOWEVER there are a few things to bear in
> mind when making the chioce.
>
> 1. For general work metric is fine (and superior in many cases)
>
> 2. For modelling I have yet to come across a metric thread that 'looked
> right'
>
> 3. It is much easier to find the little hex heads we all know & love in 
> BA.
>
> It is not too far back in the dim recesses of the past when most modellers
> used Whitworth threads, with BA being a comparitively modern trend.
>


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