Imperial (af) Spanners.
| S spanners (sometimes called swan
neck or obstruction spanners) available in af sizes 3/8,13/32,7/16,1/2,9/16,19/32,5/8,11/16,
and 3/4 inch. No longer made,stock limited.price £12..50p per set.post
£4..00p |
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| Seven piece af swivel head ratchet
spanner set.(more detail) Handy for any classic
car Only 5 degrees needed to turn Sizes 3/8,7/16,1/2.9/16,5/8,11/16 and
3/4 inch.Swivel head for easier access.£55 plus £8 post.(List
price over £100) |
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| Set of eleven Draper Hi Torq Imperial
combination spanners.Sizes 1/4,5/16,3/8,7/16,1/2,9/16,5/8,11/16,3/4,13/16
and 7/8 inch af. Decent quality imperial tools are getting harder to find
these come in a vinyl roll and are £10 set post £4..00p |
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| Larger version of above af spanner
set ,a fourteen piece set of imperial combination spanners.Sizes 3/8,7/16,1/2,9/16,5/8,11/16,3/4,13/16,7/8.15/16,inch,1.1/16,1.1/8
and 1.1/4 inch af £30..00 post to UK £10..00p. |
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| Six piece set of combination spanners
in af sizes 3/8,7/16,1/2,9/16,5/8 and 11/16 inch af.Chrome vanadium steel
.£3..50p plus £2..00p post. |
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| Five piece set of open ended af
spanners Draper sizes 1/4,5/16,3/8,7/16,1/2,9/16,19/32,11/16,5/8 and 3/4
inch £3..50 post £2..00p to UK. |
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| Imperial flare nut spanners.Six
sided good quality chrome vanadium steel.Made by Elora in Germany.Sizes
are 7/16 x 1/2 inch af.Price £7..00p post £2..00p.Ideal for
brake pipe unions on older cars etc.Brake adjusting spanners available
for most applications. |
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| By Williams superslim.Good quality
imperial sized brake adjusting spanners.Cranked ends,square holes.Sizes
1/4 by 5/16 inches or 1/4 by 11/32 inch.Cost £4..50p post £2..00p.Metric
versions also available. |
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| The 'odd' af sizes 11/32,19/32,and
25/32 inch combination spanners are in stock Brand.Elora .Cost £5..40p
each post (UK) £1..50p. |
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Whitworth and BSF spanners.
| A proper six piece set of whitworth
combination spanners by Elora. sizes 3/16 to 1/2 inch whitworth.Chrome
vanadium steel, to DIN3113/iso 3318 specification.Priced at £36..00p
post to the U.K. is £4..00p |
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| Elora eleven piece set of whitworth
BSF combination spanners sizes 1/8 to 3/4 whitworth.Good quality suitable
for professional workshop use £80 post to most of UK £10..00p. |
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| Whitworth combination spanners,set
of eleven by Williams superslim. Made in England.Proper chrome plated chrome
vanadium steel with polished heads and jaws.Sizes 1/8,3/16,1/4,5/16,3/8,7/16,1/2,9/16,5/8,11/16
and 3/4 inch whitworth.Price £110 carriage to UK £8..00p. |
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| Open ended whitworth spanner set
by Laser.Nine spanners in canvas tool roll.Sizes 1/8 x 3/16,3/16 x 1/4,1/4
x 5/16 etc up to 5/8 x 3/4 (No 11/16 included).£15..00p..Post £4..00p |
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| Set of six open end wrenches by
Williams.English made sizes are 1/8 x 3/16,3/16 x 1/4,1/4 x 5/16,5/16 x
3/8,7/16 x 1/2 and 1/2 x 9/16 whitworth.Price £32..00p post £4..00p |
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| Single 1/8 or 3/16inch whitworth
Elora combination spanners £5..00p each post £1..50p |
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For larger size spanners
in AF and whitworth,BSF please get in touch
BA Spanners and wrenches.
| Set of six open ended wrenches
in BA by Laser Tools.Sizes 0 to 11BA in plastic wallet £10..00p plus
£2 post to UK. |
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Box spanners.
Please note I have made
up some odd sets and part sets of af and whitworth BSF box spanners to
sell on ebay.Please have a look by
clicking here.Nearly all of these are British made,now obsolete with
limited stocks.
| Set af box spanners.Made in England
six spanners with three tommy bars.Sizes are 3/8 to 1.1/8 inch.Chromed
steel in plastic case.Handy for older cars and motor cycles especially
ones of English origin.£17..50p plus £4..00p post UK. |
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| Smaller set af box spanners.Four
spanners sizes 5/16 to 3/4 inch £10 plus £4..00p post. |
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| Set of BA sockets.Complete with
two tommy bars and covers the sizes 0 to 10BA.Handy for classic cars etc
where BA sizes are still often found.(six box spanners,three tommy bars)
Made in Sheffield,England by Melco,chromed steel.Price £10..00 post
£2..00p |
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| Larger (and heavier!) set of Melco
whitworth/BSF box spanners.Genuinely made in England.Covers the sizes 1
inch to 1/8 inch whitworth.Handy for older vehicles where acess is restricted
around nuts and bolts or as an alternative to deep whitworth sockets.£25..00
plus £4..50p post (UK) |
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| Double ended whitworth/BSF box
spanners available singly while stocks last (Old stock) .All approx 7 inches
long all made in England.Sizes 1/8,3/16,1/4,5/16,1/2,9/16 inch whitworth |
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| 7/8 x 1 inch whit box spanner,other
larger sizes sometimes available |
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Whitworth and af hub nut sockets
available .1 and 1/4 inch af (52mm) illustrated.
Ask for prices of these box spanners,quantities
of most are limited as they are all now obsolete. |
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I can also supply model specific
wheel braces,forget worrying about the strength of your 1/2 drive bar and
tight wheel studs,some of these are made from two inch diameter solid steel!.For
repair and servicing tools click here.
Whitworth...takes
its name from the brilliant British engineer who invented it.An early standard
for threads and spanner sizes.The size of a whitworth (or BSF) spanner
refers to the thread not the size of the bolt head.Phased out in the 60's
officially no longer used after 1965,but some manufacturers carried on
using it on some applications much later than this.If you are a classic
car or motorcycle enthusiast you'll come across Whitworth and BSF sooner
or later..(and the hole in the bottom of you new camera is almost certainly
tapped 1/4 whitworth) Whitworth thread is coarser than.BSF but the same
spanners are used.AF is across flats and indicates the size in inches of
spanner to be used as do metric spanners.BA is a older British standard
often found on dynamos,starters and electrical fittings on old British
cars and motorcycles ....
Coarse threads (whitworth,unc
etc) are more likely to be used on the thread in a casting,most nut/bolt
assemblies will use a fine thread.Fine threads (BSF,unf etc) have a greater
resistance to being shaken loose by vibration.Brass or similar soft metal
nuts and bolts are normally coarse threaded for strength.
Whitworth/B.S.F/A.F and Metric
conversion tables.
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Whit/BSF and the metric or imperial Equivalent.
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Imperial to Metric
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Whitworth
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BSF.
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Metric.
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Imperial (af).
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A.F
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MM.
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1/8
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3/16
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8.64
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.340
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1/4
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6.35
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3/16
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1/4
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11.3
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.445
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5/16
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7.94
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1/4
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5/16
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13.34
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.525
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3/8
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9.52
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5/16
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3/8
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15.24
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.6
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7/16
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11.11
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3/8
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7/16
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18.03
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.710
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1/2
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12.7
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7/16
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1/2
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20.83
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.82
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9/16
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14.29
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1/2
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9/16
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23.37
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.92
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5/8
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15.88
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9/16
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5/8
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25.65
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1.010
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11/16
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17.46
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5/8
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11/16
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27.94
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1.100
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3/4
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19.05
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11/16
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3/4
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30.48
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1.200
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7/8
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22.22
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3/4
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7/8
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33.02
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1.300
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15/16
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23.81
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7/8
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1
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37.59
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1.480
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1.00
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25.40
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1
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1.1/8
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42.42
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1.670
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1.1/16
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26.93
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This
Table gives B.A sizes in Metric/Inch Eqivalent Measurements (ie 6BA is
4.9mm).
| 10BA |
.117 inches. |
2.97mm |
| 9BA |
.131 inches |
3.33 mm |
| 8BA |
.152 inches |
3.86mm |
| 7BA |
.172 inches |
4.37mm |
| 6BA |
.193 inches |
4.90mm |
| 5BA |
.220 inches |
5.59mm |
| 4BA |
.248 inches |
5.59mm |
| 3BA |
.282 inches |
7.16mm |
| 2BA |
.324 inches (Probably most common BA size) |
7.54mm |
| 1BA |
.365 inches |
9.27mm |
| 0BA |
.413 inches |
10.49mm. |
A box spanner or six sided
(six point) socket the closest size upwards might be a solution in an emergency
(ie) a 19mm spanner will probably undo a 3/4 af nut.These may have greater
tolerance than 12 sided sockets but there is always a risk of damage to
socket and or the fastening.
Whitworth,BSF,metric and imperial spanners
are different sizes,some might almost fit but with few exceptions they
are not interchangeable.I can still supply imperial a.f ,whitworth,BSF
or BA spanners,sockets and box spanners for
your old BSA or Lanchester etc.Damaged bolt heads spoil many a rebuilt
classic car,theres no need when the correct spanners are still available
from me.Ring spanners are called box spanners in the US,block spanners
is another term for obstruction spanners and some refer to C obstruction
spanners as crescent wrenches.
Ordering tools,easiest option
is to ring with a credit card to hand or e-mail.I don't have a shopping
cart or catalogue there's no point with an everchanging and large stock
and I prefer a more personal approach,if you can't see the tools you want
here e-mail me.
Or phone (U.K.) 01502 564120
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here to go to my Ebay Tool Auctions.
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