Brian John | 29/04/2014 06:29:35 |
1487 forum posts 582 photos | I bought a nice set of small metric combination spanners by Bergen (4mm to 10mm). I am having trouble finding a set of something similar in imperial : starting at 1/8 inch or even smaller. Does anybody know who makes an imperial set of combination or open ended spanners ? |
Martin Walsh 1 | 29/04/2014 07:18:37 |
113 forum posts 2 photos | Try these www.baconsdozen.co.uk they sell small size imperial spanners
Best Wishes Martin Edited By Martin Walsh 1 on 29/04/2014 07:19:30 |
JasonB | 29/04/2014 07:28:06 |
![]() 25215 forum posts 3105 photos 1 articles | Elora do BA open ended and combinations which are quite nice, they may well do small imperial as well |
Martin Walsh 1 | 29/04/2014 07:45:47 |
113 forum posts 2 photos | king dick make small imperial spanners they are also the highest quality
Best wishes Martin |
Ian Welford | 29/04/2014 21:59:51 |
300 forum posts | I got some 11ba ones from Rufforth car boots sale. However Proops brothers ( on internet) list ba spanners down to 11ba. Not ring spanners but OK.
Ian |
Ian S C | 30/04/2014 11:48:45 |
![]() 7468 forum posts 230 photos | When I needed some BA spanners for the Stuart Turner S9 rebuild, I had one 4 BA open ender, I needed a couple of other sizes, and a pair of each, so I made my own out of some little bits of scrap, then polished them up a bit, and heated them blue, I think they look OK, and they do the job. Ian S C |
Brian John | 30/04/2014 13:07:07 |
1487 forum posts 582 photos | Has anybody used these ? They look good for getting into tight and awkward spots. Edited By Brian John on 30/04/2014 13:09:21 |
Roderick Jenkins | 30/04/2014 17:53:23 |
![]() 2376 forum posts 800 photos | Brian, I assume you are in the UK? My experience is that imperial AF spanners fit nothing. You will need either Whitworth spanners (for BSW or BSF) and BA spanners for the smaller sizes. For BA I've got spanner sets by Britool and Terry. The Britool ones are chrome plated and very nice- they look like miniature full size spanners. But the ones I use most are the Terry ones which are stamped out of sheet but are thinner and generally easier to get into tight spots. Whether these are still available is another matter. HTH Rod |
JasonB | 30/04/2014 18:02:11 |
![]() 25215 forum posts 3105 photos 1 articles | Looks like the Moody's are well thought of
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Brian John | 30/04/2014 18:16:16 |
1487 forum posts 582 photos | I live in Cairns, Australia. There is very little available here. I buy everything I need from the Uk or the US. |
Roderick Jenkins | 30/04/2014 18:26:34 |
![]() 2376 forum posts 800 photos | OK. I think that imperial AF spanners will fit US size fastenings - perhaps someone will confirm. Rod |
Michael Gilligan | 30/04/2014 18:50:19 |
![]() 23121 forum posts 1360 photos | Posted by Roderick Jenkins on 30/04/2014 18:26:34:
OK. I think that imperial AF spanners will fit US size fastenings - perhaps someone will confirm. Rod . Confirmed MichaelG. |
Michael Gilligan | 30/04/2014 19:44:41 |
![]() 23121 forum posts 1360 photos | If using Whitworth and BSF, it's worth noting that Whitworth nuts, and bolt-heads, were originally "one size larger" e.g. a 1/4" Whitworth spanner fit a 5/16" BSF nut or bolt. ... Whitworth were later down-sized, to match the BSF. MichaelG. |
Trevor Drabble | 01/05/2014 00:07:16 |
![]() 339 forum posts 7 photos | Brian, Amazon list quite a range of BA spanners in a number of different styles including open ended , combination and box spanners. Trevor |
julian atkins | 01/05/2014 00:25:00 |
![]() 1285 forum posts 353 photos | there used to be a place in nottingham market that sold them loose for less than a pound and all top grade in both imperial and metric down to 12BA (very useful as most of the hex stuff in the smaller BA sizes is now metric). cheers, julian |
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