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I may well be metric but there are a variety of thread pitches in metric fa=
steners and your local hardware store will only carry the most common size.=
=C2=A0 This may be why you can't find the right one.
Dave=20
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On Wednesday, April 30, 2025 at 05:49:22 PM CDT, Roger Elliott <elliott=
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Thanks John.
I am trying to look at metric.=C2=A0 It doesn't seem to be a size that is=
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commonly stocked at hardware stores around here.
Roger
On 4/30/25 16:55, John Macartney wrote:
> I have my doubts about the offending item having Whitworth ancestry. Whil=
e I=E2=80=99ve long been a Whitworth advocate and enthusiast (for purely pa=
triotic reasons) I think it might be worth going down a metric route. There=
was a time when the factory briefly reverted to metric hardware that was m=
arket specific for European build. Needless to say, certain bits of hardwar=
e went where they shouldn=E2=80=99t (or inadvertently wound up there). Migh=
t this be a possible avenue to explore? Evaluate metric fine and coarse pit=
ch threads.
>
> Jonmac
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nly carry the most common size. This may be why you can't find the ri=
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<div><div dir=3D"ltr">Thanks John.<br clear=3D"none">I am t=
rying to look at metric. It doesn't seem to be a size that is <br cle=
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ne"><br clear=3D"none">Roger<br clear=3D"none"><br clear=3D"none"><div clas=
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y doubts about the offending item having Whitworth ancestry. While I=E2=80=
=99ve long been a Whitworth advocate and enthusiast (for purely patriotic r=
easons) I think it might be worth going down a metric route. There was a ti=
me when the factory briefly reverted to metric hardware that was market spe=
cific for European build. Needless to say, certain bits of hardware went wh=
ere they shouldn=E2=80=99t (or inadvertently wound up there). Might this be=
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