Thomas Smith Fasteners exports Imperial Nuts and Bolts to Australia

On a recent visit to Australia, our Business Development Manager Stuart Briscoe obtained orders for imperial nuts and bolts for an Australian power station.  This follows on from our recent orders from Australian classic car restorers for BA and BSF fasteners. The order included stainless steel and high tensile imperial threadform fasteners. We hold the [...]

Fasteners for Motor Racing – 1977 Crossle 33F Formula Ford

We were very happy to supply the fasteners for this fantastic 1977 Crossle 33F Formula Ford 2 Litre racing car. The car is to be driven by Tom White, aged 16, and is eligible for the Historic FF2000 Championship. We stock and can manufacture many different fasteners for use in motor sports. We supplied many [...]

24 Hour Emergency Bolt Manufacturing

Overnight, we were able to reverse engineer  large 2.1/4″ diameter special steel socket screws into smaller 7/8″ diameter screws that enabled an urgent assembly to be delivered on time. Here is a picture of one of the 2.1/4″ diameter socket screws: And here are the finished 7/8″ diameter socket cap screws: Share this:FacebookDigg

Supporting Farmers

A Cheshire farmer urgently needed high tensile bolts to complete the assembly of a new front load unit onto his tractor. One quick call to our sales team, and four UNC grade 10.9 zinc plated bolts and suitable locking nuts were available ex-stock and delivered to the farm the same day. Thomas Smith Fasteners saves [...]

Thomas Smith Fasteners exports to Egypt

On Monday 10th January,  former Wigan resident Robert Elder contacted Gary Stevens in sales requiring some special M30 x 220 12 PT Bolts for one of the large diggers at the Pharaoh Gold Mine in Alexandria, Egypt. This product, which will be a special hot forging job, is our first ever order to Egypt. Mr [...]