Denis McMahon:
I think one reason why BA did not catch on is because...
Hi Denis,
Actually I think BA was pretty successful in the UK, but just in - as you sort of suggest - those niche industries where all the fastenings were of small dimensions. It seemed pretty standard across the electronics industry when I started. British Rail signalling was largely constructed out of BA screws - and large bits of it still are! (For interest I just checked the current Unipart Rail Catalogue - the UK Rail Industry's equivalent to the RS Catalogue - and it still lists a huge range of BA fixings available for sale.) IIRC, the Post Office telephone system was BA based too.
But of course once ISO came in to the UK it was much easier to use that everywhere for new designs.
Couldn't agree more that eBay is our friend here, I've also been buying BA screws (because I occasionally dabble in model engineering) as well as the above discussed-to-death BSF. It's strange that it's much easier to buy these sizes now than it was 15 years ago, just because it's easier to locate those companies that supply them. Nice mix of old and new technologies coming together.
Cheers, Andy
Denis McMahon:
I think one reason why BA did not catch on is because...
Hi Denis,
Actually I think BA was pretty successful in the UK, but just in - as you sort of suggest - those niche industries where all the fastenings were of small dimensions. It seemed pretty standard across the electronics industry when I started. British Rail signalling was largely constructed out of BA screws - and large bits of it still are! (For interest I just checked the current Unipart Rail Catalogue - the UK Rail Industry's equivalent to the RS Catalogue - and it still lists a huge range of BA fixings available for sale.) IIRC, the Post Office telephone system was BA based too.
But of course once ISO came in to the UK it was much easier to use that everywhere for new designs.
Couldn't agree more that eBay is our friend here, I've also been buying BA screws (because I occasionally dabble in model engineering) as well as the above discussed-to-death BSF. It's strange that it's much easier to buy these sizes now than it was 15 years ago, just because it's easier to locate those companies that supply them. Nice mix of old and new technologies coming together.
Cheers, Andy
We're about to take you to the IET registration website. Don't worry though, you'll be sent straight back to the community after completing the registration.
Continue to the IET registration site