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Hi All,
Finally had a chance to sort through the tooling that my friend Brad got for me. From what he described, it was 'junk', and it was rattling around in a toolbox when he brought it to me. I cringed a bit, then cringed a lot, but nothing is banged up too badly. Some useful and interesting stuff in there.
Of note are a Lufkin 1-2 micrometer, two Brown and Sharpe 0-1 micrometers, a JT Sloomb(hard to read) 2-3" micrometer, a Starrett No.14 2 1/2" toolmaker's square, No 494A machinist's buttons, A No. 4 Thread gauge, No 272A Radius gauges, No 298A depth square (sans scales, but I think I have some that'll fit), Union tool thread gauge, Goodell-Pratt feeler gauges, two small Starrett V blocks, some un-marked parallels and setup blocks, An old Ideal Tool indicator (the one with the little needle that moves, very cool and works smoothly), some drills, taps, and center drills. There's a right-angle attachment for a dial indicator, but it only has "A9-R1" on it. Seems usable. Some vice jaws, a bolt-down V block, and a very, very curious item.
In the picture, just above the rightmost B&S 0-1" micrometer, you can see a double-triangular block. Took me a moment to figure out what it is. It's a vice block. The two halves pivot in the middle, to allow for misalignment of a not-quite-square part in the vice. It's home-made, extremely good quality, made on 2-5-55.
The scale with the notch on the end (left most, bottom left corner) has some other notches in it, all seemingly deliberately cut. I get the feeling someone did that while doing a massive run of parts, to essentially make it a go-nogo gauge of sufficient accuracy.
Also, my neighbor across the street snagged this for me at a thrift shop here locally. It's awesome, because I needed a new hat.
Bad news is I still haven't had time to get out in the shop and make chips. Too much going on still, and by the time I'm done with all the 'have to do' stuff, it's generally roundabout 9:30pm on the weeknights. I get up at 5am, and need all the sleep I can get. Weekends are usually taken up with upkeep on the house and property, although tomorrow I'll be pouring beer at a fundraiser event down in St. Pete. Not really up to it, but I did promise my buddy I'd be there, so I'll be there with a smile on and enjoy it. One of these days I'll get some time for myself, and will be able to finish organizing the shop. Just feels weird to have some good luck for a change, and it's nice that so far this year has been loads better than last year.
Finally had a chance to sort through the tooling that my friend Brad got for me. From what he described, it was 'junk', and it was rattling around in a toolbox when he brought it to me. I cringed a bit, then cringed a lot, but nothing is banged up too badly. Some useful and interesting stuff in there.
Of note are a Lufkin 1-2 micrometer, two Brown and Sharpe 0-1 micrometers, a JT Sloomb(hard to read) 2-3" micrometer, a Starrett No.14 2 1/2" toolmaker's square, No 494A machinist's buttons, A No. 4 Thread gauge, No 272A Radius gauges, No 298A depth square (sans scales, but I think I have some that'll fit), Union tool thread gauge, Goodell-Pratt feeler gauges, two small Starrett V blocks, some un-marked parallels and setup blocks, An old Ideal Tool indicator (the one with the little needle that moves, very cool and works smoothly), some drills, taps, and center drills. There's a right-angle attachment for a dial indicator, but it only has "A9-R1" on it. Seems usable. Some vice jaws, a bolt-down V block, and a very, very curious item.
In the picture, just above the rightmost B&S 0-1" micrometer, you can see a double-triangular block. Took me a moment to figure out what it is. It's a vice block. The two halves pivot in the middle, to allow for misalignment of a not-quite-square part in the vice. It's home-made, extremely good quality, made on 2-5-55.
The scale with the notch on the end (left most, bottom left corner) has some other notches in it, all seemingly deliberately cut. I get the feeling someone did that while doing a massive run of parts, to essentially make it a go-nogo gauge of sufficient accuracy.
Also, my neighbor across the street snagged this for me at a thrift shop here locally. It's awesome, because I needed a new hat.
Bad news is I still haven't had time to get out in the shop and make chips. Too much going on still, and by the time I'm done with all the 'have to do' stuff, it's generally roundabout 9:30pm on the weeknights. I get up at 5am, and need all the sleep I can get. Weekends are usually taken up with upkeep on the house and property, although tomorrow I'll be pouring beer at a fundraiser event down in St. Pete. Not really up to it, but I did promise my buddy I'd be there, so I'll be there with a smile on and enjoy it. One of these days I'll get some time for myself, and will be able to finish organizing the shop. Just feels weird to have some good luck for a change, and it's nice that so far this year has been loads better than last year.
