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The Equivalent North American Meaning of a Bare Fit

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Hi All,

LBSC in the construction article on the boiler blowdown valves I am making uses the term "a bare fit" several times in the text. Does this mean a close fit or...? Is this an English/Scottish term for all of you having a UK background?
 

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I'd ignore it; it's a hang over from the days when most people didn't have access to micrometers but relied on plain calipers and rules. Just make it to size, or maybe a thou or two smaller if the part needs to fit in a hole.
 
It's prolly related to bare naked.

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Might stand for "barely fits", "may need a hammer". I was told long ago when Easthope was putting engines together they had 2 hammers for installing pistons, the small one for "nice or loose" pistons, a 10lb. one for" tighter fits".
 
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