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1/2 BSW X 3/4″ SLOT RAISED CSK

Restoration of twin Bofors Anti-aircraft Mount

Our customer has kindly shared photos of a Restoration project they are working on for HMS Belfast Bofors Anti-aircraft Mounts.

HMS Belfast is a Town-class light cruiser that was built for the Royal Navy.

She is now permanently moored as a museum ship on the River Thames in London and is operated by the Imperial War Museum

Thomas Smith Fasteners supplied 1/2 BSW X 3/4 SLOT RAISED with special head dimensions.

Manufactured in house by our sister company Smith Bullough.

We are extremely pleased that we could offer our service for this project.

Do you have any restoration projects that require fasteners?

Due to our expertise and ever growing machinery improvements we are able to offer a huge range of products to various different industries. I.e. Classic Car Restorations, Oil & Gas, Construction, Heritage Rail , Offshore, Nuclear and many more.

We can offer CNC manufacturing in house, Cut & Roll Threading plus Secondary Operations – Turning, Milling, Drilling and Grinding.

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Steve McQueen’s 1963 Triumph TR6 Motorcycle is an exciting piece of motoring history, and was on display at MotoGP last weekend.

The bike was the star of the final scene of The Great Escape, where McQueen’s character makes a bid for freedom by trying to jump the machine over a barbed wire fence into Switzerland.

After the film, the bike was sold to a farmer, who used it to herd cows, but it was then stored in a barn for decades.

The TR6 Trophy is a motorcycle that was made by Triumph in Meriden from 1956 to 1973.

During this time it was a successful model, particularly in the US.

The competition variant, popularly known as the “desert sled” won numerous competitions throughout the late 1950s and 1960s. 

Steve McQueen‘s fondness for the model is well known

Specially manufactured Studbolt in EN1.7709 material ordered and delivered within 3 working days.

Due to our expertise and ever growing machinery improvements we are able to offer a huge range of products to various different industries. I.e. Classic Car Restorations, Oil & Gas, Construction, Heritage Rail , Offshore, Nuclear and many more.

We can offer CNC manufacturing in house, Cut & Roll Threading plus Secondary Operations –Turning, Milling, Drilling and Grinding.

The Thread Detective

Fed up of struggling to identify bolt and nut threadforms? You need to buy our thread finder! The Thread Detective is a precise and easy-to-use thread identifier for both bolts and nuts, consisting of thread checkers conveniently assembled onto a wire lanyard. It is especially well suited for distinguishing between similar inch and metric thread types.

Identify thread types of Metric and Imperial Fasteners Quickly and Easily

The Combo Thread Detective has the following checking sizes:

UNC and UNF: 6-32, 8-32, 10-24, 10-32, 1/4-20, 1/4-28, 5/16-18, 5/16-24, 3/8-16, 3/8-24, 7/16-14, 7/16-20, 1/2-13, & 1/2-20,

Metric: M4x0.7, M5x0.8, M6x1.0, M8x1.0, M8x1.25, M10x1.0, M10x1.25, M10x1.50, M12x1.25, M12x1.5, & M12x1.75.

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Classic Car Restoration kits included plus much more.

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3/8-24 UNJF 3A X 3/4 F/T 12PT FLANGE CAP SCREW BLACK OXIDE C/W 3/8-24 UNJF-3B 12PT FLANGE NUT BLACK OXIDE

Earlier this week we shipped this specially manufactured part to one of our Aerospace customers.

UNJEF = Unified National Extra Fine thread series with external thread controlled root radius offering superior performance and durability.

Thomas Smith Fasteners supplies products to various market sectors worldwide, including:

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• Nuclear
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• Construction
• Engineering
• Defence
• Agriculture
• Automotive
• Electrical
• Offshore

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Not your usual kind of bolt!

We recently received an order for 820pcs of this specially manufactured part.

What is a Conrod Bolt?

Bolt used for fastening connecting rod caps. The Conrod cap bolts must be subject to at least two screwing operations during the productive cycle of the engine and must therefore be engineered to guarantee a more constant distribution of the axial load.

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One of our valued customers has kindly shared the current restoration project at Ribble Steam Railway which we are delighted to be part of!

We are proud to say we have a history of supplying various fasteners to the Heritage Rail sector.

Even going back to the days when Fred Dibnah used to regularly visit our workshop for fasteners when he was working on his steam engine.

In the last 20 years we have switched from furnace fired forges to induction heating, back then grade 8.8 (metric) and Gr S/R (imperial) was the limit on manufactured bolts, we can now produce high tensile grades up to 12.9 as well as many different materials such as Stainless Steels, Exotic Alloys, Super Duplex and Non-Ferrous.

Our machinery has also improved significantly which allows us to manufacture to a high specification. We offer CNC manufacturing in house, Cut & Roll Threading, plus Secondary Operations – Turning, Milling, Drilling and Grinding.

As you can see on the first image the boiler is being worked on and is at a specialist boiler smith. The chassis has also gone undercover for its final strip down. This is the current restoration project and we are excited to see the end result.

The Loco below is a 1930 petrol shunting engine manufactured by Howards of Bedford. This beauty worked at Ford Paper Works in Sunderland until 1970. We had the pleasure of producing and supplying parts for this restoration.

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Huge Stocks & Onsite Manufacturing

Our vast product range ensures that we have the fastener to meet your needs.

From stock or rapid manufacture, Thomas Smith Fasteners has the range and expertise to supply virtually any kind of industrial fastener.

Along with Metric, UNC and UNF sizes, we specialise in harder to find BA, BSF & BSW threadforms.

Fasteners can be supplied in most materials, grades and surface finishes.

We supply parts to various different market sectors world wide https://www.thomassmithfasteners.com/markets/

Do you have any restoration projects that require our help?

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