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Who makes miniature imperial combination or open end spanners ?

This topic has 15 replies, 9 voices, and was last updated 1 May 2014 at 00:25 by julian atkins.

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29 April 2014 at 06:29 #150989
Brian John
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I bought a nice set of small metric combination spanners by Bergen (4mm to 10mm). I am having trouble finding a set of something similar in imperial : starting at 1/8 inch or even smaller. Does anybody know who makes an imperial set of combination or open ended spanners ?
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29 April 2014 at 06:29 #17381
Brian John
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29 April 2014 at 07:18 #150990
Martin Walsh 1
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Try these http://www.baconsdozen.co.uk

they sell small size imperial spanners

Best Wishes Martin

Edited By Martin Walsh 1 on 29/04/2014 07:19:30
29 April 2014 at 07:28 #150991
JasonB
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Elora do BA open ended and combinations which are quite nice, they may well do small imperial as well
29 April 2014 at 07:45 #150992
Martin Walsh 1
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king dick make small imperial spanners

they are also the highest quality

http://www.kingdicktools.co.uk/

Best wishes Martin
29 April 2014 at 21:59 #151059
Ian Welford
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I got some 11ba ones from Rufforth car boots sale. However Proops brothers ( on internet) list ba spanners down to 11ba.

Not ring spanners but OK.

Ian
30 April 2014 at 11:48 #151101
Ian S C
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When I needed some BA spanners for the Stuart Turner S9 rebuild, I had one 4 BA open ender, I needed a couple of other sizes, and a pair of each, so I made my own out of some little bits of scrap, then polished them up a bit, and heated them blue, I think they look OK, and they do the job. Ian S C
30 April 2014 at 13:07 #151113
Brian John
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Has anybody used these ?

**LINK**

They look good for getting into tight and awkward spots.

Edited By Brian John on 30/04/2014 13:09:21
30 April 2014 at 17:53 #151124
Roderick Jenkins
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Brian,

I assume you are in the UK? My experience is that imperial AF spanners fit nothing. You will need either Whitworth spanners (for BSW or BSF) and BA spanners for the smaller sizes. For BA I've got spanner sets by Britool and Terry. The Britool ones are chrome plated and very nice- they look like miniature full size spanners. But the ones I use most are the Terry ones which are stamped out of sheet but are thinner and generally easier to get into tight spots. Whether these are still available is another matter.

HTH

Rod
30 April 2014 at 18:02 #151127
JasonB
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Looks like the Moody's are well thought of

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30 April 2014 at 18:16 #151128
Brian John
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I live in Cairns, Australia. There is very little available here. I buy everything I need from the Uk or the US.
30 April 2014 at 18:26 #151129
Roderick Jenkins
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OK. I think that imperial AF spanners will fit US size fastenings – perhaps someone will confirm.

Rod
30 April 2014 at 18:50 #151131
Michael Gilligan
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Posted by Roderick Jenkins on 30/04/2014 18:26:34:

OK. I think that imperial AF spanners will fit US size fastenings – perhaps someone will confirm.

Rod

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Confirmed

MichaelG.
30 April 2014 at 19:44 #151133
Michael Gilligan
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If using Whitworth and BSF, it's worth noting that Whitworth nuts, and bolt-heads, were originally "one size larger"

e.g. a 1/4" Whitworth spanner fit a 5/16" BSF nut or bolt.

… Whitworth were later down-sized, to match the BSF.

MichaelG.
1 May 2014 at 00:07 #151150
Trevor Drabble 1
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Brian,

Amazon list quite a range of BA spanners in a number of different styles including open ended , combination and box spanners.

Trevor
1 May 2014 at 00:25 #151151
julian atkins
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there used to be a place in nottingham market that sold them loose for less than a pound and all top grade in both imperial and metric down to 12BA (very useful as most of the hex stuff in the smaller BA sizes is now metric).

cheers,

julian
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