[modeleng] Re: Parts prices
- From: john.burridge@xxxxxxxxxx
- To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2012 23:33:13 +0200
Hi to all,
King Dick also used to produce cycles and motor cycles and their differential
for a tricycle
http://oldbike.wordpress.com/1907-abingdon-king-dick-gents-tricycle/
I used to work just around the corner to their factory during my apprenticeship
at The Rover car company which is now Land Rover
yours John Burridge
> Message Received: Sep 25 2012, 05:15 PM
> From: "stepney" <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc:
> Subject: [modeleng] Re: Parts prices
>
> 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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