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On Tue, 28 Jun 2011 05:11:25 -0700, Gunner Asch
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Ive been browsing Ebay.UK and noticed a fair amount of Whitworth
tooling.

Prices are all over the place..but not all that bad. Are "Silverline"
tools any good?

Im going to be needing an 8 or 9 piece "combination" wrench set and am
trying to find the best bang for the buck.

And what is involved in shipping those tools from the UK to the States?

I would assume it would be the same as used motorcycle parts?

Gunner


I seem to remember, from my days with a Royal Enfield, that there were
a few imperial size wrenches (maybe 1/2", 7/16") that fitted, or fit
well enough, and that (I think) uneven 64th inch sized fitted some
others. Mike a few nuts and see. I certainly didn't have any whitworth
tools and I managed to completely overhaul the engine.
http://www.samstagsales.com/whitworth_table.htm
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On Wed, 29 Jun 2011 13:23:42 +0700, john B.
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On Tue, 28 Jun 2011 05:11:25 -0700, Gunner Asch
wrote:

Ive been browsing Ebay.UK and noticed a fair amount of Whitworth
tooling.

Prices are all over the place..but not all that bad. Are "Silverline"
tools any good?

Im going to be needing an 8 or 9 piece "combination" wrench set and am
trying to find the best bang for the buck.

And what is involved in shipping those tools from the UK to the States?

I would assume it would be the same as used motorcycle parts?

Gunner


I seem to remember, from my days with a Royal Enfield, that there were
a few imperial size wrenches (maybe 1/2", 7/16") that fitted, or fit
well enough, and that (I think) uneven 64th inch sized fitted some
others. Mike a few nuts and see. I certainly didn't have any whitworth
tools and I managed to completely overhaul the engine.
http://www.samstagsales.com/whitworth_table.htm


Thanks! I already had that printed out and in my ToDo notebook. Its
quite helpful.

Gunner

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