- 1. Re: Whitworth wrenches wanted -Reply (score: 1)
- Author: Fred Alexander <flalexander@smtpgate.read.tasc.com>
- Date: Mon, 19 May 1997 10:08:40 -0400
- Can you be more explicit as to what a Whitworth wrench is? Where is a source for Metrinch tools? I know this sounds stupid but I am thinking they may be what I have been looking for for the past coup
- /html/shop-talk/1997-05/msg00073.html (8,121 bytes)
- 2. Re: Whitworth wrenches wanted -Reply (score: 1)
- Author: Berry Kercheval <kerch@parc.xerox.com>
- Date: Mon, 19 May 1997 08:32:59 PDT
- Whitworth is a system of fasteners used mainly on older British cars and motorcycles. The heads are not "normal" size, either SAE (our regular "inch" sizes) nor metric. The sizes marked on the tools
- /html/shop-talk/1997-05/msg00074.html (8,498 bytes)
- 3. Re: Whitworth wrenches wanted -Reply (score: 1)
- Author: Michael Sloane <msloane@worldnet.att.net>
- Date: Mon, 19 May 1997 12:33:07 -0400
- To add to the two excellent references at the bottom of the page, I would contribute the following from <http://www.biography.com>: -- -- Whitworth, Sir Joseph male (1803--87) Engineer and machine-to
- /html/shop-talk/1997-05/msg00076.html (9,778 bytes)
- 4. Re: Whitworth wrenches wanted -Reply (score: 1)
- Author: George Procyshyn <geopro@cyberdrive.net>
- Date: Mon, 19 May 1997 17:18:38 -0400
- Fred, by Whitworth, I mean "British Standard" ... MG's older than the "A's" and many other older cars were build using these peculiar fasteners that didn't really fit our US or Metric wrenches. I don
- /html/shop-talk/1997-05/msg00078.html (8,579 bytes)
- 5. Re: Whitworth wrenches wanted -Reply (score: 1)
- Author: cak@dimebank.com (Chris Kantarjiev)
- Date: Mon, 19 May 1997 14:52:39 -0700
- Alta Vista is your friend; providing "Metrinch" as a search key yields several suppliers, including Eastwood and the original infomercial 800 number.
- /html/shop-talk/1997-05/msg00079.html (7,679 bytes)
- 6. Re: Whitworth wrenches wanted -Reply (score: 1)
- Author: dmeadow@juno.com
- Date: Mon, 19 May 1997 21:38:15 EDT
- Looks like you got plenty of good replys. Suggest you go to Eastwood for the Metrinch tools-- they can sell you just a set of 3/8 sockets, for example, while the infomercial 800 # is just for a prep
- /html/shop-talk/1997-05/msg00085.html (8,660 bytes)
- 7. Re: Whitworth wrenches wanted -Reply (score: 1)
- Author: Eric Petrevich <inchman@prolog.net>
- Date: Tue, 20 May 1997 09:36:20 -0400
- Is anyone currently using Metrinch tools instead of Whitworth? How well do they work? I was going to buy a set of Whitworths, but if the Metrinch works just as well, I'd rather by them. TIA -- Inch h
- /html/shop-talk/1997-05/msg00087.html (8,313 bytes)
- 8. Re: Whitworth wrenches wanted -Reply (score: 1)
- Author: dmeadow@juno.com
- Date: Tue, 20 May 1997 13:31:00 EDT
- On Tue, 20 May 1997 09:36:20 -0400 Eric Petrevich <inchman@prolog.net> I am. And yes, they do work. Be forewarned, however, that they take some getting used to. When you are conditioned to expect a n
- /html/shop-talk/1997-05/msg00090.html (9,180 bytes)
- 9. Re: Whitworth wrenches wanted -Reply (score: 1)
- Author: docsuske@juno.com (Chet Suske)
- Date: Tue, 20 May 1997 19:43:21 EDT
- I saw an infomercial this weekend--check w/ your local TV station Originally bought some over 10 years ago probably from an ad in a mag like popular science good luck doc On Mon, 19 May 1997 10:08:40
- /html/shop-talk/1997-05/msg00093.html (8,554 bytes)
- 10. Re: Whitworth wrenches wanted -Reply (score: 1)
- Author: Phildb4@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 21 May 1997 23:04:07 -0400 (EDT)
- I've never tried Metwrench but from my experience, any tool that is a multi use/ one size fits all usually doesn't fit any size well. There is always a comprimise. Two sources for Whitworth wrenches
- /html/shop-talk/1997-05/msg00099.html (8,156 bytes)
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