On 27 Apr 2006, Dave Plowman wrote:

In article ,
Andy wrote:
Good offer, mate! For something as small as a few nuts I'll try
my local hardware store first.

You'll be lucky. Pretty well everything has been metric for ages.

You're right actually. The shop had nothing auitable.

But my own trusty toolbox revealed three of them. :-) I'm pleased! I
have no idea where I might have got them from though.

From what Roger posted to this thread thse may be UNC instead (Roger
didn't say what size UNC but it seems they are a passable lookalike).
Maybe a 1/4" Whitworth matches a 1/4" UNC. Is that correct?