Need to buy more tools

[indy4x]

Started working on Cherokee No.1 tonight, axle is noisy so swapping it out.



Being Merican it's mostly Imperial fasteners however it's the diesel model so the engine and associated bits are metric

Not done imperial stuff for over 25yrs so had to go looking for my old gear

This is what I've found so far, not got a full set so time to buy some more

 

[James1979]

The halfrauds ratchet rings are good and in AF too. If you’ve a trade card it’s not a bad price. They’re on promo now and again.

 

[Kayos]

The old "its all imperial i need new tools" trick?

I told the wife exactly the same when I bought the landy

 

[bricol]

15 yrs ago, some senior person at work thought the main market for our new machine would be as a bolt on to an American machine - so decreed it would be all English . . .

that soon rolled into selling complete machines (and in fact took most of the market away from the previous market leader) - so they were all imperial . . . most of the fitters, all the service guys had chucked their English gear as machines had been metric for so long . . . so there was a lot of new tool buying . . .

Of course, some components (linear slides from Japan for one) can only be got with metric threads . . . and some awkward colleagues tried to stay with metric - so on the same part there can be a right mix of fasteners . . . add into that that UNC cap heads in the UK can have different sized Allen key sockets, so you can grab a handfull from the racks and need to use two different allen keys to tighten them . . .

 

[Guzrik]

I work with Swagelok fittings, they do Both, and in stead of making a choice, management let go and now we wil have mix forever. Oh well, I think it takes 1/3 of my time to solve these issues. Have full sets of Both from Facom.

 

[Olderisbetter]

Look on gumtree and all those local sites you might be lucky and see some old imperial tools going cheap

 

[frank horton]

try working on vehicles from the 20's....all kinds of fittings....
and once in a while I come across hand made threads.......hahaha.....
Have it all for Metric, UNf/C and Whit....
Have a box of Whit stuff I used to lend to my Dutch mate in France.....
He'd ask for the queens spanners....

 

[Dieselman 63]

Cost about $200 to build this - complete set, some extras like the breaker ratcheting thing, that’s Tipco. Rarely use the AF, but the Whitworth gets a good lot of action when I’m working on the tractor, the lawnmower, and moving old British machine tools.

And yes @frank horton I’ve encountered those random bolts too! Big WWI drill made by Asquith, some random external diameter had to turn down a metric 46mm socket I think even then had minimal grip, whitworth wouldn’t go, 3/4 drive. Lovely bronze retention bolt for the auto feed worm wheel inside a cast iron housing. Great fun when you’re 6ft up a ladder!

 

[Guzrik]

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[Guzrik]

Cost about $200 to build this - complete set, some extras like the breaker ratcheting thing, that’s Tipco. Rarely use the AF, but the Whitworth gets a good lot of action when I’m working on the tractor, the lawnmower, and moving old British machine tools.

And yes @frank horton I’ve encountered those random bolts too! Big WWI drill made by Asquith, some random external diameter had to turn down a metric 46mm socket I think even then had minimal grip, whitworth wouldn’t go, 3/4 drive. Lovely bronze retention bolt for the auto feed worm wheel inside a cast iron housing. Great fun when you’re 6ft up a ladder!

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