What are these sockets?

[AldeanFan]

What are these sockets for?
They are obviously not a regular 9/16 and 1/2.
I picked them up at an estate auction years ago in a bucket of misc sockets.



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[The Cobbler]

British standard width

edit: British standard whitworth

 

[joseph.a.owens.9]

http://www.baconsdozen.co.uk/tools/conversion charts.htm

I have no knowledge of them just did a quick Google off of The Cobbler's answer.

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[ssdave]

Don't see those much. If you want something more usable, I'll trade you Craftsman sockets 10:1 for them, in sets or ala-carte if I have what you can use. Or trade Proto sockets if those interest you more. I have over 1000 Craftsman and probably approaching that of Proto to trade. I'm always looking for something I don't have in my sets, and yours would be that!

 

[Scotland Offshore ABZ]

Whitworth or WW/BS I have about 250 of them. They are almost obselete though, unless you work on old Land Rovers or British Leyland.

 

[ttpete]

Whitworth or WW/BS I have about 250 of them. They are almost obselete though, unless you work on old Land Rovers or British Leyland.

Or Rolls-Royce Merlin and Griffon engines.

I have a bunch because I have vintage Brit motorcycles.

 

[AldeanFan]

Wow thanks, I've had these sockets for almost 20 years and didn't know what they were.
I'll hang on to them incase I ever own an old British car. Almost bought a Healy Sprite once and I think my friend's whippet is whitworth


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[Empty Pockets]

I have to be on the lookout for some of the British Standard sockets. After I retire a few bills (house note is 2 1/2 years), I plan to buy a 1970s MG as a project car / toy

 

[ttpete]

I have to be on the lookout for some of the British Standard sockets. After I retire a few bills (house note is 2 1/2 years), I plan to buy a 1970s MG as a project car / toy

A 1970s MG would likely be mostly Unified regular inch hardware. Conversion began in the 1960s.

 

[Richard Cranium]

I posted up an offer to give away some British Standard sockets and got no takers. Don't know what I did with them. Most likely threw them in the junk bin. You just never know when some one will value you some thing.

 

[2oolhound]

I posted up an offer to give away some British Standard sockets and got no takers. Don't know what I did with them. Most likely threw them in the junk bin. You just never know when some one will value you some thing.

Damm, I missed that one. Plenty of us British vehicle owners around. The changeover to sae happened in the early 70's with my brit bikes. The motor, trans, primary remained british while much of the external hardware and mounts were sae.

 

[vssjim]

British motorcycles used them longer than cars did. Really surprised nobody would have wanted those sockets that RC was giving away as lots of people collect whitworth sockets especially if they were US made sockets from Proto, Craftsman, SO or Bonney etc. I have seen those tools go for crazy money.

 

[pi_guy]

What seems to be the rarer ones are the 1/2 drive Snap on ones. I think there are 3 or 4. I have 2. Some times early FF used stock British car industry parts and BS/W could be found there. Other uses have been to press items into place, and when a screw gets mangled and Std or Metric does not fit well I try the BS/W ones.
And some machine shop stuff like early Ironworkers

 

[winchman]

in 1989 Leyland Motors a well known Truck manufacturer caused havoc as they fitted Whitworth nuts and bolts to the rear mudguards ( Fenders) on a brand new production run to use up the old stock.
You can now buy them new again as so many people threw them away but now need them.

I need a set my self as we now have a 1965 BSA