Still Looking For The Right Indicator

projectnut said:
This morning I went to the shop for a couple quick little jobs. I put a 4 jaw chuck on the Sheldon lathe, chucked up a piece of stock and went looking for my favorite dial indicator. I know it's in one of those "special places" but so far I haven't found which one. I did however find a number of other indicators that were also in special places. These came from about half a dozen different shelves, benches, and drawers. Now that I've got this many together I'll at least put them all on the same shelf.

I'm tired of looking around, so for today I'll use one of these. I'm sure I'll eventually find the one I'm looking for, and maybe a few more when the search continues.

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Wow! :oops:

And I thought the proverbial guy who had 2 watches and was never sure which was correct had a problem. ;)

Tom
 
Guess I'm luckier than I thought.
The lathe gets the most use, the other machines are within a couple of steps in any direction. All measuring tools are kept at the lathe. When needed at some other machine, they are "right there". I only have a few duplicates, those where I was struck with a fancy for some detail. A good price on a mic measuring by tenths, things like that. Modeling tools are on a different bench, but are generally smaller than shop tools and not suitable there. My shop is very small, two rooms in an old house. And badly cluttered spaced. But most everything I would ever need I know within a few feet of where it is. Even after several strokes, my mind is still (more/less) intact. As a rule, used wrenches and such are on a wall rack. Extras of any and everything are in tool boxes, a drawer per item style the way I think. It wouldn't make sense to someone else, but it's my shop so I don't worry about them.

I was professionally an industrial electrician, following a hobby, making a living doing what I enjoyed. So I can relate to someone in a different craft with an obsession for that craft. I have electrical tools and parts scattered across three buildings and a couple of storage trailers. Where I'm "luckier" is that I can point to a particular box for a particular part. Some of the boxes are pretty big, but still. . .

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I wouldn't call it a weakness or an obsession, but rather being prepared for whatever work comes through the door. My "therapist" happened to wander through the shop this afternoon. When I lamented that I couldn't find my favorite indicator she got a rather strained look on her face. I mentioned that somehow I had misplaced it and was thinking of replacing it. I was informed in no uncertain terms that if I did purchase another one I wouldn't have any trouble finding it. I didn't fully understand her comment, but there was something about putting it where the moon don't shine.
 
While it is a good enough storage spot (my "advisor" often has similar suggestions) there isn't really that much storage space and just a couple big parts and you're out of space. Then what. . .
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projectnut said:
..... I was informed in no uncertain terms that if I did purchase another one I wouldn't have any trouble finding it. I didn't fully understand her comment, but there was something about putting it where the moon don't shine.
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That would give a whole new meaning to "Brown & Sharpe indicator". :oops:

Tom
 
projectnut said:
This morning I went to the shop for a couple quick little jobs. I put a 4 jaw chuck on the Sheldon lathe, chucked up a piece of stock and went looking for my favorite dial indicator. I know it's in one of those "special places" but so far I haven't found which one. I did however find a number of other indicators that were also in special places. These came from about half a dozen different shelves, benches, and drawers. Now that I've got this many together I'll at least put them all on the same shelf.

I'm tired of looking around, so for today I'll use one of these. I'm sure I'll eventually find the one I'm looking for, and maybe a few more when the search continues.

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I was just checking out your table frame. If a guy could do that with thick (don't know the schedule) black pipe, you would have a strong heavy universal table. Easy peasy.
 
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