[Taggy]

ive been given a few imperial sockets and found one that has 1/4ww on it. it is of a greater diameter than 1/4 inch, more like half inch! its got me baffled! just wondered if anyone could shed any light!
cheers

 

[bustersbus]

witworth?

 

[The Mad Hat Man]

it means 1/4 inch Whitworth.

 

[revjames]

old imperial measirement called whitworth. If I remember right 1/4 whit is the right size for a battery terminal.

 

[Trewey]

quarter inch whitworth (thread size), I would guess.

 

[Trewey]

funny how all us old geezers knew that!

 

[bustersbus]

funny how all us old geezers knew that!

Speak fur yerself!!! Ah'm only 40

 

[revjames]

hey speak for yerself. I'm still yung.....

 

[revjames]

43

 

[Trewey]

anyone else still got their engineers pocket book, which lists all the tapping and clearance drill sizes?
still remember lettered drills?
still got yer slide rule (and can remember how to use it)?

 

[revjames]

yer mean Zeus book?

 

[The Mad Hat Man]

Yup - mines a bit tattered now tho

 

[Trewey]

aye, that's the one. mine's up in the loft somewhere - in fact i think i've got 2 - an original imperial one and the updated metrificated one.

 

[revjames]

I had a set of whit ringspanners when I started my apprenticeship - 27 years ago and I still havent used em!

 

[bustersbus]

anyone else still got their engineers pocket book, which lists all the tapping and clearance drill sizes?
still remember lettered drills?
still got yer slide rule (and can remember how to use it)?

Nope, that's me oot!!! Dun HE at school (only lad in a class o' lassies)

 

[HybridGirl]

anyone else still got their engineers pocket book, which lists all the tapping and clearance drill sizes?
still remember lettered drills?
still got yer slide rule (and can remember how to use it)?

Yer lost me on the second syllabull.. but thass cos am blonde.. not cos am yung. Cos am dirty thirty one. An thass gettin on a bit.

 

[The Mad Hat Man]

Yer lost me on the second syllabull.. but thass cos am blonde.. not cos am yung. Cos am dirty thirty one. An thass gettin on a bit.

31 - mere babe in arms. An the only "bit" yu bin gettin on is ............. erm!

 

[HybridGirl]

Nope, that's me oot!!! Dun HE at school (only lad in a class o' lassies)

HE?? Woss tha? 'Home Economics'?? Cookin un ironin an stuff??

 

[Trewey]

remember yer first electronic calculator - mine was a sinclair scientific.

 

[HybridGirl]

31 - mere babe in arms. An the only "bit" yu bin gettin on is ............. erm!