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#3256782 5-Jul-2024 20:17

This specific one was a Klein Tools UTP stripper which I got because Klein do decent-quality stuff and I was somewhere where I could get Amazon free shipping. The link above in turn links to NZ retailers but you're probably paying a lot extra from there (Cory's, Ideal, J.A.Russell... actually the Tradie Republic price of $31 isn't that bad, I paid USD13 or so from memory). Amazon AU should also have them, and then for non-Klein search Aliexpress for something like "utp stripper".

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#3267755 2-Aug-2024 22:37

This thread checker for nuts and bolts, which is so much easier to work with than the usual slide-the-thread-along-and-hope-it-matches way of doing it:

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#3267788 3-Aug-2024 09:06

@neb would it be possible to get a link for that item, please? TIA

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#3267791 3-Aug-2024 09:19

I'm still looking for a thread gauge that has all 3 types in it.

All seem to just be metric and unified and leave off whitworth

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#3267857 3-Aug-2024 17:02

Stu: @neb would it be possible to get a link for that item, please? TIA

They're all over Aliexpress, just search for "thread checker". The specific one I got was this one but that was mostly because I was getting a few other things from that store and the combined shipping was free.

Be aware that the sets come in different sizes, if you want full coverage you need to get one of the larger sets. They're not the cheapest, but you're getting machined alu sets that probably aren't cheap to make.

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#3267858 3-Aug-2024 17:06

richms: I'm still looking for a thread gauge that has all 3 types in it. All seem to just be metric and unified and leave off whitworth

Is that still used for anything other than BSP, for which these sets don't go up to the right size anyway?

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#3267864 3-Aug-2024 17:35

neb:

richms: I'm still looking for a thread gauge that has all 3 types in it. All seem to just be metric and unified and leave off whitworth

Is that still used for anything other than BSP, for which these sets don't go up to the right size anyway?

Plenty, old cars are the main thing. and the 1/2" is the one that is the most problem so is nice to check. I guess if it jams in this set, and it jams in the M13 then that probably proves what it is.

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#3267878 3-Aug-2024 19:18

Why not just buy a Whitworth (BSW) nut and bolt in the sizes you need and make your own kit?

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#3267894 3-Aug-2024 21:00

k1w1k1d: Why not just buy a Whitworth (BSW) nut and bolt in the sizes you need and make your own kit?

That's what I was thinking too, there's only a few normally-used BSW sizes (compared to the huge metric range) so just go to the Bolt Shop and buy the few you need.

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#3268085 4-Aug-2024 16:09

k1w1k1d:

Why not just buy a Whitworth (BSW) nut and bolt in the sizes you need and make your own kit?

Because I would like to get a nice pre-made thing that has them all together and labeled.

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#3268097 4-Aug-2024 16:48

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Stu: @neb would it be possible to get a link for that item, please? TIA

They're all over Aliexpress, just search for "thread checker". The specific one I got was this one but that was mostly because I was getting a few other things from that store and the combined shipping was free.

Be aware that the sets come in different sizes, if you want full coverage you need to get one of the larger sets. They're not the cheapest, but you're getting machined alu sets that probably aren't cheap to make.

Thanks, that one will do fine. Ordered.

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#3269422 8-Aug-2024 10:25

And four days later, it's here! Very quick delivery indeed.

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#3269430 8-Aug-2024 10:44

Stu: And four days later, it's here! Very quick delivery indeed.

Ordered something from Auckland yesterday lunchtime, arrived in Palmy before 9am this morning.

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#3269529 8-Aug-2024 15:54

Booked a pickup from Aramex a week ago, after opening a ticket and then when I got no response phoning them to complain they finally picked it up today.

Obviously you guys weren't using Aramex for things.

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#3269946 9-Aug-2024 16:17

Just arrived this morning, 2.5Gbps USB 3 Network Adapter and WiFi 6E AX210 M.2 Card With Bluetooth

Did a quick iperf3 test of the 2.5 Gbps network adapter and got the follow results,

[ ID] Interval Transfer Bitrate Retr
[ 5] 0.00-10.00 sec 2.74 GBytes 2.36 Gbits/sec 0 sender
[ 5] 0.00-10.00 sec 2.74 GBytes 2.35 Gbits/sec receiver

Also the adapter works out of the box with Linux 😀

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