King Dick vs Billings & Spencer

[johnsironsanctuary]

Does anyone know if there is a connection between King Dick and B &S? The wrenches appear to be similar.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NICE-19TH-CENTURY-IRON-ADJUSTABLE-WRENCH-MAKERS-MARKS-/370586370075?pt=Folk_Art&hash=item5648ab401b

[Papaw]

I don't think there was a connection. That style was made by several makers.

[Wrenchmensch]

Well, consider this. What does the B.S. imprint on my King Dick military wrench stand for if not Billings & Spencer? (See Shiny King Dick post on this page)

[benjy]

its british standard,,,below is some borrowed info

all but the oldest (pre-WW2) 'Whitworth' nuts/bolts are likely to use the BSF/BSW head size (sometime just marked as 'BS'). As a result, you will sometimes see spanners marked along the lines of '1/4 W 5/16 BS' indicating the jaws are sized for a 1/4" Whitworth bolt, or the next step up at 5/16" for BSF/BSW. The BSW bolts/nuts use the same coarse thread as the original Whitworth, which is suited to soft or coarsely crystalline materials (e.g. aluminium, cast iron), while the BSF bolts have the same thread profile but a finer cut (i.e. higher TPI value) and, with an adequate length of thread engagement, provide a stronger fastener and better vibration resistance for high tensile materia


http://www.sat.dundee.ac.uk/~psc/spanner_jaw.html
this link is useful for brit sizes

[rusty]

Always figured it was 'BS' , everyone knows the military runs largely on BS....

[Wrenchmensch]

Rusty,

I spent 2 years ACDUTRA without experiencing any BS.  Fort Dix, Fort Lee, and Fort Richardson, and out. My MOS was 903.10.  We were part of the anti-Soviet force keeping the bear in his cage.

bob

[amertrac]

Rusty,

I spent 2 years ACDUTRA without experiencing any BS.  Fort Dix, Fort Lee, and Fort Richardson, and out. My MOS was 903.10.  We were part of the anti-Soviet force keeping the bear in his cage.

bob

I spent 18 months dodging iron and steel in korea in 1952/53 was a forward observer made over 30 jumps and the whole damn war was bullshit bob w.

[Papaw]

Please don't make this topic any more political. Political discussions have nothing to do with our focus on old tools.

[rusty]

Hmm, Sorry I started this.....

Best let this fade.....

[Wascator]

I bought some King Dick hand wrenches a couple of years ago; I bought an old British car and it has mostly SAE bolts but lots of the smaller ones are BS . it makes working on it, ahem, interesting. You certainly don't want to drop any nuts.

[Branson]

I bought some King Dick hand wrenches a couple of years ago; I bought an old British car and it has mostly SAE bolts but lots of the smaller ones are BS . it makes working on it, ahem, interesting. You certainly don't want to drop any nuts.

No, and especially with your King Dick.