A Very Nice Freebie

LUCKY man. Not needed daily, but vital when accuracy is needed.

My former employers , at one time were headed, not by Engineers (when strangely, the Company always did well ) but by an accountant who inspected the maintenance stores. he insisted that shelves were cleared of the boxes of brand new BSW and BSF Taps and Dies, despite protestations that they were for making parts to repair the machine tools.

Sadly, I was too late to gain from the edict given three weeks previously!

Apologies to sensible accountants, but many others seem to know only the cost of everything, but the value of nothing else.

Howard

LUCKY man. Not needed daily, but vital when accuracy is needed.

My former employers , at one time were headed, not by Engineers (when strangely, the Company always did well ) but by an accountant who inspected the maintenance stores. he insisted that shelves were cleared of the boxes of brand new BSW and BSF Taps and Dies, despite protestations that they were for making parts to repair the machine tools.

Sadly, I was too late to gain from the edict given three weeks previously!

Apologies to sensible accountants, but many others seem to know only the cost of everything, but the value of nothing else.

You appear to be short of the two protective slips, without which the others should never be used. I may be able to help you, if I have a look around.

Howard

A few years back I picked up a couple of sets of slip gauges in the automobilia section of a classic car auction, for not a lot of money. (Would not have bid else ! )

One set I am keeping, the other is up for grabs to the first contact. I live just north of Winchester. The box without packaging weighs 4lb 10oz on the kitchen scales (or 2.1Kg Napoleon) so probably wants collecting rather than posting. Coffee available.

They are not the prettiest set on the planet, and there are 7 missing, but by careful selection will still do a job. Matrix Pitter slips in a Coventry case.

Missing .1005 .118 .120 .050 .100 .250 .800

Mike

PM in first instance