BroadScot Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 You can tell its the start of the season proper...members are talking silly! Skipper...sorry...but A Pint is a PINT! ......So there Iain 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroadScot Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 16 minutes ago, JawsOrca said: we are in europe purely for economic reasons (and I'm voting "In") Errrr no gerrymandering on here young Alan tut tut Iain 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonRascal Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 Hold on - all this talk of a pint - are we talking about a British ("imperial") pint of 20 imperial fluid ounces (568 ml) or an American pint of 16 US fluid ounces (473 ml)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baitrunner Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 And now we have hit the crux of the matter. No one uses proper imperial measures anymore no wonder its all going belly up what I want to know is if we have mint imperials do the septics have mint Americans and the French mint metrics? And I haven't got started on driving on the wrong side malarkey! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JawsOrca Posted April 5, 2016 Author Share Posted April 5, 2016 My poor new section.. isn't there a Bald old gits section for you oldies lol 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JanetAnne Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 1 hour ago, Baitrunner said: And now we have hit the crux of the matter. No one uses proper imperial measures anymore no wonder its all going belly up We do!!! You just can't beat a good old ounce or 1/64 of an inch. And just ask any boat owner on here how long their boat is and the answer will be in feet. Oh, by the way, what size wheels are on your cars? Another answer lacking in millimetres I suspect! I rest my case. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baitrunner Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 I actually have some screws on my boat that are either UNF or UNC! It's only 13 year old and they are Devils to get hold off!! one time I do like metric I'm afraid. You can't beat a metric screw 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JanetAnne Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 (edited) 2 hours ago, Baitrunner said: I actually have some screws on my boat that are either UNF or UNC! It's only 13 year old and they are Devils to get hold off!! try Hubble's in Great Yarmouth. They have some stainless unc and unf on the shelf and can order what they dont carry. Edited April 5, 2016 by JanetAnne coz I is stupid! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liberty Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 Or these guys in Hoveton http://www.beardshaw.co.uk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timbo Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 Awfully sorry Alan...even though RT was designed and built by a bloke that designed and built Broom boats...I have it on good authority, that Brundall Navy chap, that he did a much better job on RT! More of a Dyson than a broom! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JanetAnne Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 11 minutes ago, Timbo said: More of a Dyson than a broom! You mean it sucks? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroadScot Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 I thought about cleaning up Alan's new thread. Then realised it would have been a...... NEW Broom.. swept clean Iain 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JanetAnne Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timbo Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 3 minutes ago, JanetAnne said: You mean it sucks? The best one's d... ahem hush my cakehole Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grendel Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 most electrical screw threads are still old imperial sizes - for example the screws that hold on the light switch and socket faceplates. are I think a BA size. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 34 minutes ago, grendel said: most electrical screw threads are still old imperial sizes - for example the screws that hold on the light switch and socket faceplates. are I think a BA size. It's more awkward than that Grendel. Conduit box screws used to be 2BA, but were changed to M4 back in about the 1970's. All new faceplates and switches come with nice shiny new M4 panhead screws, which graunch up the thread in really old existing conduit boxes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroadScot Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 46 minutes ago, grendel said: most electrical screw threads are still old imperial sizes - for example the screws that hold on the light switch and socket faceplates. are I think a BA size. They are 3.5mm now grendel, for galv single and double knockout boxes.Box lid brass used to be 2BA. and switch and socket 4BA. I remember the change well, I had to buy a new tap and wrench holder,not cheap then. Cheap as chips now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baitrunner Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 21 minutes ago, Strowager said: All new faceplates and switches come with nice shiny new M4 panhead screws, which graunch up the thread in really old existing conduit boxes. Which is why I have a tin (come on guys you all do) with a selection of BA and metric plate screws in different lengths as well - you never know how old your box is until you screw it! I still want to know what bright spark thought in 2003, "I know we have used metric everywhere else, but we have a box of these UNF machine screws left over from the 70's, so lets get rid of them on these boats!". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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MauriceMynah Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 Baitrunner, I found a place in the Hoveton Industrial estate, (follow the road round past the chandlery to its end) where all types of fixings seem to be available. Does that help? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroadScot Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 4 minutes ago, Baitrunner said: still want to know what bright spark Oye Mark, Kindly leave us Electricians retired or otherwise out of your complaint! Iain 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baitrunner Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 MM is that Beardshaw? Liberty mentioned them and had a look on their site already so might make a call. Iain, I probably also have a few back boxes with BA threads as well in the other box in the garage. Come on we all have boxes of stuff that might come in handy one day don't we? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 13 minutes ago, Baitrunner said: ......MM is that Beardshaw? Liberty mentioned them and had a look on their site already so might make a call......... Yes, Beardshaw is on the small industrial estate about half a mile North of Wroxham Bridge. An excellent local source of screw fixings of every kind, in large or even one-off quantities. I've bought from them, UNF, metric, Whitworth etc. in SS, brass, zinc, with allen, torx, pan, pozi, pan, cheese head. A true specialist. Quite a bit cheaper than Norfolk Marine, and they stock A4 stainless too, whereas NM only have A2. Watch out for their opening hours though, weekdays only, and they shut early on Fridays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JawsOrca Posted April 6, 2016 Author Share Posted April 6, 2016 Thanks strowager.. always nice to know these types of companies.. http://www.beardshaw.co.uk/index.html sadly no online ordering service but I guess they would post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liberty Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 And Beardshaw is a member of the rugby club too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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