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Old Sep 27, 2016 | 01:30 PM
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Default Re: Class Action Lawsuit

Originally Posted by ala_xfire
Is that what used to also be called "Whitworth" ?
I still have some of those from my Triumph motorcycle days back in the 60's.
That is correct, I had them for my BSA bike and Austin car.
To confuse everybody the size on the wrench gives two systems sizes, the BSF and the BSW. For example, a 3/8 BSF has the same across flats size as a 5/16 BSW. Both systems use the same basic thread form, 55° as opposed to the standard US 60° included angle of the thread.
The only use I have for them now is my Myford lathe made in the UK in the fifties.
 

Last edited by onehundred80; Sep 27, 2016 at 04:24 PM. Reason: info corrected - hopefully.
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