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Default Eyetalian Threads, ca. 1950

Stealth Pilot wrote:


Fun fun. (the part is made, with 1/8" drill rod and 4-40 threads).


are the threads 55degree angle or 60 degree angle?

eighth inch whitworth is 40 tpi


1/8" British Standard Cycle thread is also 40 tpi, but is 60 degree
rather than Whitworth's 55 deg thread form.

Jordan