what about a thread checker kit?

[The Cobbler]

has anyone ever made up a thread size check kit?
I had this idea today to make a kit of Male & Female thread kit. nuts. bolts, imp & metric, ips, flare, compression etc.
Ok, stupid idea, get some of my other projects done. I know.

 

[EVOLVO]

Something like this? https://www.ebay.com/i/162876608746?chn=ps

The hardware store I buy my nutz and blotz at has one as does every store I've bought N's & B's at.

It's a great idea though, just not original............

 

[The Cobbler]

yeah, I know it's not original, but I guess I was daydreaming...

 

[srvctec]

Rockler has some really nice sets as well.

http://www.rockler.com/thread-detective-thread-gauges-metric

 

[Strouty]

Another vote for thread detective, they are great.

It would be nice to have the flares and other fitting types, but I think it would be expensive. Just keep a few cheap fittings around and mark them so you know what you have.

 

[mrobins297aaa]

I have one like this it has the male threads on one end and the female threads on the other end.
It's well worth the money, use it all the time.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Nut-Bolt-T...162876616405?_trksid=p2385738.m4383.l4275.c10

 

[pi_guy]

It always seems that I get one that does not fit the thread checker. You learn from that and add it to the thread checking system you use.
But The Machinery Handbook a pitch gauge std&mm ones and measuring devices get me through all the difficult ones.

 

[EVOLVO]

I recently bought a 1937 Austin Seven Ruby. It's all Whitworth and British Standard. I have to buy nuts and bolts from the UK I drove it onto the trailer!!!

 

[Miss the Pontiacs]

I recently bought a 1937 Austin Seven Ruby. It's all Whitworth and British Standard. I have to buy nuts and bolts from the UK I drove it onto the trailer!!!

That Austin deserves its own thread!

 

[Wamsutta]

Make sure you get one that has M10 x 1.0

A lot of thread checkers like to skip that size.

 

[RedneckWelder]

I use a pitch gauge and a dial caliper

 

[goldtang]

second the pitch gauge but now use digital calipers machinery hand book and a couple of thread charts I have picked up over the years

 

[Millwrong]

I use a pitch gauge and a dial caliper

 

[jimreed2160]

I restore antique handplanes and other woodworking tools. For years I used a pitch gauge and was OK. Then I bought one of those metric/SAE Thread Checkers and hung it by my fixit bench. Gotta say that it has paid for itself in footsteps and gets used frequently. It also does nuts and that is where the pitch gauge let me down.

 

[Rickster]

Starrett, Mitutoyo or older Lufkin / Brown & Sharpe have thread gages available. Most are small compact tools that don't take up valuable drawer space and you can find them used for a price savings.

 

[DFB]

We just had a long winded tread about this...

For YOUR basic metric/SAE get thread chaser set


I have always used the fold out style of pitch gauges but the round one linked to in that other thread seems so much more handy

 

[mikegt4]

I recently bought a 1937 Austin Seven Ruby. It's all Whitworth and British Standard. I have to buy nuts and bolts from the UK I drove it onto the trailer!!!

No need to get fasteners from the UK, a search will show several US suppliers. just one example: https://britishfasteners.com/

BTW, nice Austin 7, and yes it does deserve it's own thread.

 

[mrobins297aaa]

here's the one I actually have, it's 44 different threads

 

[fourjeepin]

has anyone ever made up a thread size check kit?
I had this idea today to make a kit of Male & Female thread kit. nuts. bolts, imp & metric, ips, flare, compression etc.
Ok, stupid idea, get some of my other projects done. I know.

I thought about making one like they have at HD, but instead bought the kind on a wire rope.

 

[justinmc]

I recently bought a 1937 Austin Seven Ruby. It's all Whitworth and British Standard. I have to buy nuts and bolts from the UK I drove it onto the trailer!!!

Whoa... surely there is a source for Whitworth and British Std here? McMaster Carr?

https://britishfasteners.com/
7696 Route 31, Lyons NY 14489 USA

Found these guys...

On a side note... that's a cool little car. I've always liked those Austins.

 

[justinmc]

here's the one I actually have, it's 44 different threads

Have the same one... just bought it off Amazon earlier this week as I was working on a new project and was tired of guessing at sizes. $28 shipped I think?

 

[Rewind97]

here's the one I actually have, it's 44 different threads

Have the same one... just bought it off Amazon earlier this week as I was working on a new project and was tired of guessing at sizes. $28 shipped I think?

Same for me. Mine are by "Thread Checker". One of the best tools I've bought for the shop!!!!

 

[Motorman55]

I recently bought a 1937 Austin Seven Ruby. It's all Whitworth and British Standard. I have to buy nuts and bolts from the UK I drove it onto the trailer!!!

I still have Whitworth wrenches from when I owned and built my Norton motorcycles. Cool if you can keep it all original.

 

[Jsf721]

Do you have a link ?

Thanks

Have the same one... just bought it off Amazon earlier this week as I was working on a new project and was tired of guessing at sizes. $28 shipped I think?

Same for me. Mine are by "Thread Checker". One of the best tools I've bought for the shop!!!!

 

[justinmc]

Do you have a link ?

Thanks

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003FJW0GK/?tag=atomicindus08-20

 

[Rewind97]

Do you have a link ?

Thanks

https://www.threadtoolsupply.com/thread-checker.html

I have the two separate checkers, one for metric, one for inch. If you get them separate you get a total of 44 sizes. If you get the combo checker you only get 26 total sizes.

 

[WWheeler]

https://www.threadtoolsupply.com/thread-checker.html

I have the two separate checkers, one for metric, one for inch. If you get them separate you get a total of 44 sizes. If you get the combo checker you only get 26 total sizes.

Yep. We use both of the complete SAE/Metric SW Thread Checkers also every day but quite often we run into threads smaller than they go. On small threads like 2-64 or M-1.6, for example, thread pitch gauges and calipers are too time consuming and sometimes unreliable depending on how careful you are and how old/young your eyes are. Instead I'd go to the nuts & bolts bins and trial and error until I found what I was looking for. After fighting it that way for I don't know how many years one of the newer guys brought in a 'Thread Detective mini'. Very useful!

 

[Jsf721]

Thank you for posting.

https://www.threadtoolsupply.com/thread-checker.html

I have the two separate checkers, one for metric, one for inch. If you get them separate you get a total of 44 sizes. If you get the combo checker you only get 26 total sizes.

 

[Rewind97]

After fighting it that way for I don't know how many years one of the newer guys brought in a 'Thread Detective mini'. Very useful!

They even have a "Thread Detective Jumbo" set!!!! Gee......all this time I thought I had a "complete" set!!!

 

[jacked_72]

I had bought the Dorman thread checker kit off of amazon for $27, but felt like the female thread end was too shallow and that the threads were sloppy anyway. So, I got to thinking about thread restores and using them as a thread checker. Anyway, I picked up this set for $63 shipped from Sears. http://www.sears.com/craftsman-48-p...gclsrc=aw.ds&dclid=CIvqkqrl59oCFQPdwAod7qUK8Q

When I ordered it I used a $5 off coupon and it gave $32 in points for future purchases. So, I figure for about $30 or so, I got a 48 piece thread checker kit and a thread restorer kit.

 

[bwringer]

This is one of those "all the above" questions. Sometimes you can't reach something with a thread checker and you need a pitch gauge and a caliper, sometimes you don't know whether it's inch, metric, or Klingon, etc.

Basically, an arsenal of thread tools is extremely handy. And it's really not worth making your own unless you regularly work with oddball stuff and have spare samples and time.

 

[Empty Pockets]

I recently bought a 1937 Austin Seven Ruby. It's all Whitworth and British Standard. I have to buy nuts and bolts from the UK I drove it onto the trailer!!!

I think you can get nuts and bolts here

https://britishfasteners.com/index.php/catalogsearch/result/?cat=0&q=king+****

These guys are not far from my home, and good folks to deal with

 

[Ratchet.]

has anyone ever made up a thread size check kit?
I had this idea today to make a kit of Male & Female thread kit. nuts. bolts, imp & metric, ips, flare, compression etc.
Ok, stupid idea, get some of my other projects done. I know.

i have an old (1970s?) set a bit like that, called the Skua thread gauge, has metric and unf/unc bolts and nuts in like a plastic book type folder, like those audio books you used to get in the fake plastic book, cant find any info on who made it, was a guy sellign a bunch of them on ebay a couple for years back, must have found a warehouse full of them.

Not used it but interesting all the same, would probably be more use to me if it had oddball sizes/threads on it as I'm familiar enough with the common metric and SAE/pipe threads that i can identify them by eye

 

[Beerhippie]

Reviving this old thread.

I have one of the thread checker sets--metric and SAE--that is mounted on a cable with beads in between. Seems I use it near every day, and get frustrated just about as often as that damned cable is in the way. If I have a fastener in hand, it's fine--but if the fastener is part of a piece of equipment, it *****.

Has anyone 3-D printed an organizer for the bare tools, or found a case to fit them? While it does make a very steampunk necklace, I'd love to "cut the cable" and free them up.

 

[Wiz02]

Reviving this old thread.

I have one of the thread checker sets--metric and SAE--that is mounted on a cable with beads in between. Seems I use it near every day, and get frustrated just about as often as that damned cable is in the way. If I have a fastener in hand, it's fine--but if the fastener is part of a piece of equipment, it *****.

Has anyone 3-D printed an organizer for the bare tools, or found a case to fit them? While it does make a very steampunk necklace, I'd love to "cut the cable" and free them up.

Instead of getting an empty case, you can buy the thread checkers in a case fairly inexpensively and have the best of both worlds.

Amazon.com

 

[Beerhippie]

Instead of getting an empty case, you can buy the thread checkers in a case fairly inexpensively and have the best of both worlds.

Amazon.com

Thanks--but I already own a 48 piece set!

 

[Wiz02]

Thanks--but I already own a 48 piece set!

So why take apart the "necklace"?

 

[Beerhippie]

So why take apart the "necklace"?

As explained above.

The option of just buying a set in a case is becoming more attractive as I think about it. Then sell the "necklace" to some other sucker.

 

[RTM]

How about a cartridge case. I bought some unknown to me size because GJ says it hold 5/16” hexdriver vits.

 

[Ditchdigger]

Call me crazy, but I still swear these things are much faster than one of those thread checker sets



A quick look at the head for markings to indicate metric or SAE (or what you are working on if no markings) then caliper to determine OD, then pitch gauge to ID.