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A friend's uncle was a tool and die man way back when and she's been lugging around one of his old tool boxes for decades. Then she showed up with a box full of stuff and asked "you want this stuff"?
I don't know what some of this stuff is, but like I'm gonna say no?
So some of the more readily identifiable stuff I cleaned up and put away.
Some of the stuff I'm unsure of, and thought I'd post a pic to see if some of you machinists recognize anything.
Found a little indicator sort thingie that has the needle swing from 0-10 regardless of which direction the tip is pushed. Says 'Ideal Tool Company Rochester, NY.
Last is some kinda gauge that I have seen scribes attached to for checking height or something (my pistolsmith friend had one and had it set to check lathe tool height). Pretty sure that isn't what it was intended for, but hey whatever works. But when cleaning it I noticed the fine adjuster piece was cracked, so I whipped up a new one. But I will tell you the tapered holes the pointed pivot screws sit in to locate and allow movement gave me a few headscratching moments, but I managed.
Almost all of the tools say 'The L.S. Starret Co. Athol, MASS U.S.A. All in all a good day.
I don't know what some of this stuff is, but like I'm gonna say no?
So some of the more readily identifiable stuff I cleaned up and put away.
Some of the stuff I'm unsure of, and thought I'd post a pic to see if some of you machinists recognize anything.
Found a little indicator sort thingie that has the needle swing from 0-10 regardless of which direction the tip is pushed. Says 'Ideal Tool Company Rochester, NY.
Last is some kinda gauge that I have seen scribes attached to for checking height or something (my pistolsmith friend had one and had it set to check lathe tool height). Pretty sure that isn't what it was intended for, but hey whatever works. But when cleaning it I noticed the fine adjuster piece was cracked, so I whipped up a new one. But I will tell you the tapered holes the pointed pivot screws sit in to locate and allow movement gave me a few headscratching moments, but I managed.
Almost all of the tools say 'The L.S. Starret Co. Athol, MASS U.S.A. All in all a good day.