[modeleng] Re: Parts prices
- From: stepney <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2012 17:15:35 +0100
King Dick were one of the best tool makers, and produced strong and long
lasting tools.
I still have some.
What I found interesting was that, in the 60's when they were still
being made, I happened to meet one of their reps,
and mentioned that I had some King Dick tools, but that the ratchet on
the socket set had failed.
He immediately arranged to replace it and now one duly arrived.
Perhaps not surprising, except that the original was my fathers and
dated from the mid-30's!
Alan
On 25/09/2012 14:41, kjones9154@xxxxxxx wrote:
> Some years ago I worked for a conveyor company and we installed a conveyor in
> a copper mine at Twin Buttes Tucson. This conveyor had a huge gearbox with
> which we supplied a set of tools. I remember two Texans being very amused by
> a large spanner from this tool box with the manufacturers name of :- 'King
> Dick'!
> Is it true that the name spanner is derived from the tool that was used to
> 'span' or load cross bows?
> And while we are on the subject - why do we call that little piece of metal
> that puts a female thread in a hole --- a 'tap'? in the parallel world
> that is not engineering this is what we use to turn the water on!!! or is
> that a 'faucet or perhaps fawcett' Jesse?
>
>
> Ken Jones in showery Berkshire.
>
>
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