Imperial and metric socket set and a Snap on Ratchet

winchman

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Having a clear out so these have to go

Gedore Socket set (german I think), in excellent condition, It has every imperial AF size from 3/8" to 11/8" Cost near £200 new
It also has a good selection of metric, Included in the metal box are ratchet, speed brace, short and long extension, universal joint, I will also throw in a few spare metric sockets.
I used this on my CF but as its now gone I have nothing left thats imperial
£30
I also have a 1/2" drive Snap on long series Ratchet, its industrial finish black and in very good working condition
£30
Contact me for pictures I could post if required
 
sir wash your mouth out :eek:imperal :eek:af never
af = yanks
imperial = english = whitworth / bs (proper size's when i were a lad )
something else we gave away :mad:
p.s but a damn good make of socket ;):D
 
Old_Arthur said:
sir wash your mouth out :eek:imperal :eek:af never
af = yanks
imperial = english = whitworth / bs (proper size's when i were a lad )
something else we gave away :mad:
p.s but a damn good make of socket ;):D
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Having served my apprenticeship in the 80s we had The two types of Whitworth, A/F and Metric sometimes all on the same machine!
In 1989 Leyland Daf used up all the old stock Whitworth on the Truck Mudguards, caused havoc in the motor trade
 
winchman said:
Having served my apprenticeship in the 80s we had The two types of Whitworth, A/F and Metric sometimes all on the same machine!
In 1989 Leyland Daf used up all the old stock Whitworth on the Truck Mudguards, caused havoc in the motor trade
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i used to do a lot of contract work on a weekend in the steel works and we had to carry set's of whitworth/bs,af and metric and need all three sizes on one machine plus big hammer and set,also the blue nose adjustable :eek::D
 
Old_Arthur said:
i used to do a lot of contract work on a weekend in the steel works and we had to carry set's of whitworth/bs,af and metric and need all three sizes on one machine plus big hammer and set,also the blue nose adjustable :eek::D
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When I worked dine th Pit, wey ewsed ow sazes of sponners.

John.
 
Old_Arthur said:
sir wash your mouth out :eek:imperal :eek:af never
af = yanks
imperial = english = whitworth / bs (proper size's when i were a lad )
something else we gave away :mad:
p.s but a damn good make of socket ;):D
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Showing your age now mate,
Having said that I remember them well too.:eek:
 
Hi trikerman,

If you had really worked down the pit then you would have known that a lot of the mining equipment was American and therefore AF.

'Imperial' sizes can refer to AF sizes. The imperial comes from the fact that the system is in feet and inches, so it refers to much more than spanners.

Anyway, what the hell am I doing talking about spanners?????

I am retired.:D:D:D:D
 
belt full of bahco adjustables :eek::D job done oh and hammer and chisel:eek:
 
wrong - whitworth {1/2" spanner} worked on a 1/2" THREAD bolt - the spanner being (3/4" or so) across flats. so you chose the spanner to the thread size, not the head size, which realtionship was fixed.

the AF 3/4 spanner, so marked, worked on bolts with a 3/4 across flats nut / bolt. the thread size being independant. The same spanner would work with 1/2 or 9/16 thread size (for arguments sake) bolts.

metric - 12mm is the japanese 'norm' for an 8mm threaded bolt head, whereas 13mm spanner is the norm for the UK.

Arguably, the whitworth system was quite sensible.
 
Hi Guy,

I think what you meant to say that a 1/2" Whitworth spanner was used for a 1/2" diameter bolt.

Actually, that is wrong. It was correct up to the 2nd World War. A 1/2" diameter Whitworth nut and bolt was tightened (or slackened) with a 7/16" Whitworth spanner afterwards. They shaved a bit off the hex heads of all Whitworth bolts to save a bit of steel. This was done at a time when the U-boats were sinking a lot of merchant ships and iron ore was in short supply. As Tesco says, every little helps.

ps, the spanners for these smaller headed bolts were sometimes referred to as "utility sizes"

Just to make it even more complicated, on a refinery I worked on overseas, all of the studding was UNF and the nuts for it were metric sizes. Up to 108 mm across the flats.:confused:
 
I remember the above changing the sizes to reduce steel consumption ( well I remember being told about it by an old fitter, he called them full whit and half wit)
I have decided to keep the socket set in the boot of the jeep just in case, the ratchet well wish I had more got a big long queue.
 
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