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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Bill Houghton on February 20, 2020, 02:32:36 PM

Title: Some small layout tools
Post by: Bill Houghton on February 20, 2020, 02:32:36 PM

I posted this picture over on another forum, and thought it might make a nice display here, too.  Snuggled in the loving arms of my largest (12") outside calipers (Starrett, 1895 patent date but no model number stamping; I could probably track down the model in my catalog, but lots to do today) are, from left to right:
3" Starrett outside calipers
2" Lufkin dividers (my favorite machinist's tool company)
3-1/4" Starrett dividers, a style I can't find in either my 1954 catalog (thanks, Uncle Charlie!) or the current web listings - I wonder when they made them?
2-1/4" Lufkin (yay!) inside calipers, purchased recently after I had to measure a slot for which my existing inside calipers were too large, in a spot where I couldn't put slide calipers
2-5/8" engineer's square, from a set of five made in some unnamed country; useful surprisingly often
2-1/2" adjustable bevel, which frustrates me because it's hard to lock securely; it would have been improved by making the knurled portion taller for more grip
Slide caliper from Brown & Sharpe (my second favorite machinist's tool company); measuring outside up to just shy of 2-1/8", inside to a little larger, and with a 3" rule on the back, it goes in my jeans pocket when I'm headed to the hardware store and expect to need to make a small measurement

Title: Re: Some small layout tools
Post by: Papaw on February 20, 2020, 02:51:20 PM

Very nice grouping !

Title: Re: Some small layout tools
Post by: lptools on February 20, 2020, 03:22:59 PM

Hllo, Bill. Nice group of tools. I have a 1938 Starrett catalog here, and the 3" Starrett looks like a #277 Toolmaker's Divider with round legs. Regards, Lou

Title: Re: Some small layout tools
Post by: Bill Houghton on February 20, 2020, 03:35:03 PM

It does.  I guess they'd dropped the style by 1954.

Title: Re: Some small layout tools
Post by: papadan on February 20, 2020, 03:56:36 PM

Nice grouping Bill. I love all measuring and marking tools, but really have a thing for automotive gauges and tools. Carburetor tools just turn me on! ;-)

Title: Re: Some small layout tools
Post by: skipskip on February 21, 2020, 07:48:17 AM

Oooooh,  carb tools... drool

Skip

Title: Re: Some small layout tools
Post by: Bill Houghton on February 21, 2020, 11:41:34 AM

Quote from: papadan on February 20, 2020, 03:56:36 PM

Carburetor tools just turn me on! ;-)

Activate your power circuit, do they?  Open your butterfly?

Title: Re: Some small layout tools
Post by: jdjax on February 21, 2020, 05:31:01 PM

Very nice Bill. I wonder if you found part of a die makers tool kit.
Lufkin happens to be my favorite too.

Title: Re: Some small layout tools
Post by: Bill Houghton on February 21, 2020, 10:33:17 PM

Quote from: jdjax on February 21, 2020, 05:31:01 PM

Very nice Bill. I wonder if you found part of a die makers tool kit.
Lufkin happens to be my favorite too.

Well, these were all assembled from various sources, so, no, I don't think so.  I suppose one or t'other may have originally been in a die maker's toolbox.  Or a general purpose machinist's.