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- Nov 17, 2012
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- 32
Nothing original here for me. First name and first initial of last name. I have the same username on all boards that I follow. I follow several canoing sites as well as woodworking. My avatar is a little different here tho.
One time I stopped at a tool supplier that we used and noticed this Starrett tool display on his wall. I mentioned that if he ever was going to sell it, please let me have a chance to purchase it. I would love to put it in my shop at the community college.
A few years went by and I got a call from him and he told me that he was going to sell the business and retire and asked if I want to buy the tools. He told me that he had to purchase all the tools when he got it, but the display case belong to Starrett. They sent it to him with all tools installed without glass in the door, I told him that yes I sure wanted to buy the tools, but would really like to have the display cabinet as well. So to make a long story short, he contacted Starrett and they sent him a letter that they had no record of the cabinet and it belong to him. I do have that letter.
I placed the tool display inside my shop at the college for several years until I had my iPod stolen from within my office. When I tried to get the college's insurance to pay something for the iPod, I was told that it was no good for personal items and I would have to turn it in under my own personal insurance. Needless to say the tool display came home ASAP.
Let's just say, it was a buy of a lifetime. $850. He told me that when he purchased the tools that the dealer's cost was $1000 for all of them.
I have a son that is now an Aerospace engineer and it will belong to him someday unless one of the grandkids become a machinist, moldmaker, or toolmaker.
One time I stopped at a tool supplier that we used and noticed this Starrett tool display on his wall. I mentioned that if he ever was going to sell it, please let me have a chance to purchase it. I would love to put it in my shop at the community college.
A few years went by and I got a call from him and he told me that he was going to sell the business and retire and asked if I want to buy the tools. He told me that he had to purchase all the tools when he got it, but the display case belong to Starrett. They sent it to him with all tools installed without glass in the door, I told him that yes I sure wanted to buy the tools, but would really like to have the display cabinet as well. So to make a long story short, he contacted Starrett and they sent him a letter that they had no record of the cabinet and it belong to him. I do have that letter.
I placed the tool display inside my shop at the college for several years until I had my iPod stolen from within my office. When I tried to get the college's insurance to pay something for the iPod, I was told that it was no good for personal items and I would have to turn it in under my own personal insurance. Needless to say the tool display came home ASAP.
Let's just say, it was a buy of a lifetime. $850. He told me that when he purchased the tools that the dealer's cost was $1000 for all of them.
I have a son that is now an Aerospace engineer and it will belong to him someday unless one of the grandkids become a machinist, moldmaker, or toolmaker.
