Subject: Re: Need source for Whitworth/BS dies

From: [email-masked] (Mr J Brennan)
Date: 28 Apr 1996 22:29:08 +0100

In article <[email-masked]>,
	[email-masked] (David White) writes:
>Need a source for Whitworth and British Standard taps, dies
>and fasteners.  I've seen some ads in clasic motorcycle mags for fasteners
>but there all in England and don't advertize tools.  Any ideas?

Try Graham Engineering +44 121 525 3133 or fax +44 121 500 6453
They take vias and do mail order - it's just as easy as doing business
with the states. 

>David White
>[email-masked]

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From: Allan Tannenbaum <[email-masked]>
Date: 29 Apr 1996 02:37:32 GMT

Try Classic Iron in Morgantown, WV. Call Gary at 304.292.7052. He ships 
UPS. Thanks.

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From: [email-masked] (David White)
Date: 27 Apr 1996 22:15:58 GMT

David White
[email-masked]

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From: [email-masked] (Chris Kantarjiev)
Date: 29 Apr 1996 20:37:34 GMT

Name:        Metric and Multistandard Corporation
Phone:       (708) 655-9009 chicago

Despite the name, they also carry a wide variety of Whitworth,
BSP, BSF, and BA tools and hardware. The catalog is a wonder to behold.

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From: [email-masked] (Steve Rayner)
Date: Fri, 3 May 1996 10:38:24 GMT

BS/Whitworth tools can be hard to impossible to get in Canada & the US.  
I wanted some professional quality wrenches ( Spanners ) for my Myford
a few years ago.  No luck at all here.  I bought some on a trip to England.

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From: [email-masked] (Steve Rayner)
Date: Fri, 3 May 1996 10:52:20 GMT

Dealing with UK firms can be frustrating.  Most will not quote postage & 
packing.  When you do get it sorted out, a lot of time is wasted, and 
they often ship in flimsy packaging.  Every order I have placed with Reeves,
arrived months late, and repackaged by the post office.  To boot, they 
often don't seem to know what air parcel post is, and surface can take 
two to four months to western Canada!  Just for the record, I have 
recieved orders from Coles in less than a week.

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From: [email-masked] (Davidlindq)
Date: 4 May 1996 14:27:07 -0400

KBC Tools and Machinery lists British Standard Whitworth taps and dies in
their 1996 catalogue. They take credit cards and their minimum order is
$20.00. They have four locations in the United States, in the metropolitan
areas of Detroit, Chicago, St. Louis and San Francisco. In the U.S.
1-800-521-1740 will connect you to the nearest outlet.

They also have three locations in Canada:

Mississauga, Ontario: 1-800-668-5616
Oldcastle, Ontario: 1-800-361-7070
Delta, B.C.: 1-800-561-6400

Home shop machinists in the San Francisco metropolitan area  may like to
know
that their local branch is at 2152 West Winton Ave., Hayward and is
conveniently open 8am to noon on Saturdays as well as 6am to 5pm on
weekdays. When I was in there earlier this week they had a big stack of
their current 665 page catalogue to give away.

While I share the general enthusiasm for MSC's service, rapid delivery and
encyclopedic catalogue, I think KBC is also a source worth knowing about.
They occasionally seem to have items (e.g. Whitworth taps and dies) that
the
other big mailorder places don't list.

David Lindquist
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