On Thu, 27 Nov 2008 00:14:00 -0600, Tim Wescott
wrote:

On Wed, 26 Nov 2008 08:53:22 -0800, Gunner Asch wrote:

On Wed, 26 Nov 2008 20:52:45 +0900, Stealth Pilot
wrote:

On Wed, 26 Nov 2008 01:57:29 -0800, Gunner Asch
wrote:


The subject says it all.



what whitworth tools do you need?
taps?
dies?
spanners?

very zen that subject line. says it all but says nothing. Stealth Pilot


Whitworth screwdrivers, crescent wrenches and the like. And maybe a
Whitworth crosspoint screwdriver and a Stillson (pipe wrench)

Gunner


Aw, that's too bad. You could probably get started by buying some cheap
hand wrenches (the kind that don't fit anyway) and grinding them out a
bit to fit the next higher size.

But a Whitworth crescent wrench -- that's hard. It uses a special thread
form on the screw an rack that can only be machined on a British lathe
using special adapters hand-built by gnomes in Scotland.

So I guess you'll have to find the real deal, eh?


The hard one has been finding a Whitworth crosspoint screw drivers.
Everyone Ive asked has looked at me like I was crazy.

Damn..they must be reallllllly hard to find.

Gunner

"They couldn't hit an elephant at this dist..."
Maj. Gen. John Sedgewick, killed by a sniper in 1864 at the battle of Spotsylvania