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Wareagle wrote Again, thanks for your advice, I don't generally have fine tolerances to worry about, I'm only repairing/ making new parts for my and other peoples toy steam engines. Eg, currently I'm making a small wide topped screw, out of brass, to blank off an existing BA3 threaded collar...

Thank you, to both of you, :) :), that's exactly what I need. How close do those tolerance's need to be? I've only got a vernier caliper at the moment, do I need to get a micrometer to use if I'm using a hand cutting die rather than cutting the thread on the lathe (lack of knowledge, :( :( ...

Hi, I've been playing with toy steam for awhile and have now started to do some repairs on some of my engines. Has anyone got a list of the required finished material sizes for BA dies, eg, is 3BA 5/32" etc. Thanks Chris