On Thu, 27 Apr 2006 12:36:00 +0100, Andy wrote:

| "Andy" wrote in message
| ...
| I want a nut to fit this.
|
| QUESTION: What would be the reference or specification for the
| correct nut?
|
|
|On 27 Apr 2006, Andrew
|wrote:
|
| It's 1/4" Whitworth. Contact me off line for an address (de-spam my
| reply address), send me an SAE and I'll pop some in it for you.
|
|Good offer, mate! For something as small as a few nuts I'll try my
|local hardware store first. They're very close. Or my mate a the local
|garage cos that may the sort of thing he never threw away!

Take the offer Whitworth screws are like hens teeth nowadays.
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