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I meant the bolts that I found on my 1961 TR-3A, which couldn’t be found at the hardware store, because they were said to be “Whitworth” threads. 😄. And there was talk of separate “Whitworth wrenches.”

When I was a boy, my Dutch parents taught me the opposite: “één ei is geen ei,” which means, one egg is no eggs.

Where did “whitworth” fit into all of this?

My daughter just started a job as a Technical Writer for McMaster Carr. Can you spell "employee discount"? I always knew that girl would make something of herself! She'll probably be the only 23 year old female employee buying end mills, taps, etc.

Beautiful and elegant. You are a real artist, George!

There was a show in England where people would build obstacle courses for squirrels. The would build an obstacle, and once the squirrels learned that obstacle, they would build another obstacle leading to the first one, and so on, until they had something like this...

Great drawings, and great work, Brian. Thanks for doing this, and I'll be following all the way!

Charles- Great tip, thanks! Can't wait to try it!

I hate most of my vices, too, but I'm pretty happy with my vise. vice vīs/ noun: immoral or wicked behavior vise vīs noun: a metal tool with movable jaws that are used to hold an object firmly in place while work is done on it, typically attached to a workbench Sorry. Some times I...

Take a look at this thread: http://www.homemodelenginemachinist.com/f25/wood-finish-20785/

And yet the offending articles are all still there when I sign on......??????

"Whoever fraudulently alters, defaces, mutilates, impairs, diminishes, falsifies, scales, or lightens any of the coins coined at the mints of the United States, or any foreign coins which are by law made current or are in actual use or circulation as money within the United States; or Whoever...

I got started on coins by making "dished nickel" drawer pulls for a toolbox. Dish some Indian head nickels ( I used a steel ball and a die I made on the lathe, and dished them with a single hammer blow) then cut and thread a stem from nickel silver rod, and silver solder it to the back of the...

Here is a website of a machinist of magic appliances. He sells some plans, including a "scotch and soda" coin set. Now that I look at it again, I'm not sure that set includes an expanded coin. http://www.jamesriser.com/Magic/JamesRiserMagic.html Entrpy, I think your last post is right...

There are some magic forums too, where people discuss these things, but they are all so dang secretive and proprietary.