What is your best looking/favorite tools?

[7milesup]

Cost of indicator was $5.50 and 75cents for the case .

$149 in today's dollars.

 

[mmcmdl]

Huh ? A 2 speed ? Darnit , I could've had on high speed !

 

[mmcmdl]

Well . Sum beach , it is a 2 speed . The outer gear is the high speed gear . Whooda thunk it ? This stuff sits in the basement and I don't pay much mind to it , but that's a pretty cool observation . Now I'll have to adjust my hourly rates for drilling jobs .

 

[mmcmdl]

Hm …………………………..a 1914 Machinist handbook . I have never seen one older . I use it to this day , and adjust for inflation . Wondering why my threads aren't fitting .

 

[Ken from ontario]

I don't know about most favorite but my most useful tools which give me pure joy every time I use them are, Starrett 91A and 91B, and at the end of the day I look forward to the warmth of the hot water bottle on my back..

 

[Braeden P]

There’s favs because old, there’s faves because cool.

that is a cool divider I want one now

 

[GunsOfNavarone]

This is not a pic of mine, I am too lazy to walk down to the shop. I got mine from a Chrysler dealer that was going out of business back in the 80's. The owner was a good family friend, and he gave me a gold (Plated) micrometer he got from attending a Chrysler technician training event back in the 70's. Mine is in a nice snap open case, looks like this is just a cardboard box.

OMG that's funny! Maybe it's a Colorado thing. I'm actually 20' from my shop and I don't know how many times I didn't take my own picture cause I was too damn lazy! Off track I know, but my God was I laughing!

 

[GunsOfNavarone]

When I have a crap load of holes to do and time is of the essence , I break out my cnc drilling machine .

In this case cnc = crank n crank n crank n crank .

I'm picturing cranking as fast as you can while reaching down and flipping lever to shift into 2nd gear! OMG this thread is killing me!

 

[Jim F]

Hm …………………………..a 1914 Machinist handbook . I have never seen one older . I use it to this day , and adjust for inflation . Wondering why my threads aren't fitting .

My copy of Machinery Handbook is 6th edition, dated 1924.

 

[DHarris]

This was a "thank you" from a gentleman in England for some RC landing gear parts I made for him.

Moore & Wright, Sheffield England in original leather covered metal fitted case - love this little guy!