The Third Edition Sutherland's discusses "even older" freewheels as having no markings.
Today I was working on a J Moyne freewheel. What a quality piece of gear that is. The gap between the inner and outer body is so tight you can hardly get lubricant in, let alone grit. No need to mark it as it as FRENCH as the theme for this years cirque. Where did J Moyne go?
Joe Bender-Zanoni
Great Notch, NJ
> gpvb1@comcast.net wrote:
>
> > Did Regina have any consistent marking system for the early
> > freewheels to indicate BSC vs. Italian threading of the body? I seem
> > to recall having some that were marked F.I. on the rear mounting
> > surface for "Inglese" threads at one point, but was that convention
> > always used? If I have some that are unmarked, are they definitely
> > Italian threads? I have some that have a circular groove cut into the
> > rear face of the body - does this signify anything about threading?
>
> According to my Sutherland's, "old" Reginas used:
>
> F.I. English
> F.F. French
> blank Italian
>
> While "current" (as of 4th edition, presumably) uses:
>
> 3 grooves on back ISO
> 1 groove in back English
> 2 grooves in back French
> no grooves Italian
>
> HTH...
>
>
> --
> John (john@os2.dhs.org)
> Appleton WI USA