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Tim The Tool Man

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I picked up one of those off Craigslist. It was in a box of old tools listed as "A box of grampa's old tools." I think I paid $10.00 for the lot.

I didn't really know much about it other than it looked kinda cool. I just read above that it is an old machinist level. Cool.

Mine is a Stanley #34 8"



 
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Probably made in my home county of Yorkshire (a long time ago Sheffield was full of high quality tool makers and steel works) the local Soccer team is nicknamed the Blades :)
 
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richfinn said:
Probably made in my home county of Yorkshire (a long time ago Sheffield was full of high quality tool makers and steel works) the local Soccer team is nicknamed the Blades :)
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If it's pre '63 it's likely to have been made in Birmingham. After that Rabone merged with Sheffield based Chesterman. I believe all manufacturing moved to Sheffield at that point, it was certainly there by 1990 when Stanley bought the company.

Although Sheffield's tool industry has shrunk almost beyond recognition, Rabone steel rules are still made in South Yorkshire.

(Fellow Yorkshireman :beer: )
 
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Jononon said:
If it's pre '63 it's likely to have been made in Birmingham. After that Rabone merged with Sheffield based Chesterman. I believe all manufacturing moved to Sheffield at that point, it was certainly there by 1990 when Stanley bought the company.

Although Sheffield's tool industry has shrunk almost beyond recognition, Rabone steel rules are still made in South Yorkshire.

(Fellow Yorkshireman :beer: )
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Where you at now mate?

I live in Shipley near to where the old Parkinson's Iron works used to be ( they tell me the Vices are top notch) in one of the Victorian mills at Saltaire.
 
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I'm in London. That's actually why I went quiet on the forum, I can't afford a garage (this may confuse the Americans, but you know how it goes :( ) and I have very limited use for a car.

My whole family are from Bradford, but I lived near Sheffield for years.
 
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I have one that looks almost identical in near perfect shape with a wooden box. I've always wondered if it had any real value it it. Looks nice up on my shelves anyway.
 
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Very nice Ryan, some of those are so sensitive I think if you were going to level a table you could put a heat gun to one of the legs and it would show up on the level. Again nice piece
 
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I inherited a Starrett level just this summer and didn't know much about it when I got it. Anyway I can figure out when it was made?




 
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Tim The Tool Man said:
I picked up one of those off Craigslist. It was in a box of old tools listed as "A box of grampa's old tools." I think I paid $10.00 for the lot.

I didn't really know much about it other than it looked kinda cool. I just read above that it is an old machinist level. Cool.

Mine is a Stanley #34 8"

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You are supposed to be a "More Power" guy, not a "More Suckage" guy... :(
 
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P71Ryan said:
I have one that looks almost identical in near perfect shape with a wooden box. I've always wondered if it had any real value it it. Looks nice up on my shelves anyway.
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{Waves hand hypnotically} It has no real value, you want to sell it to Outlaw for a Good price!








Did it work? :dunno:
 
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I had a Rabone like that one Ryan, pre 63, I like the way the shield covers the glass when not in use. As for accuracy wow JP Smith is spot on. Must try and find it.:confused:
 
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Got one. It's a Starrett and went thru a garage fire. Still works great but doesn't look as pretty as it once did.
 
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I've visited Yorkshire, a fine part of the world, relatives in Todmorden.
Those rules are got one, along with an Eclipse machinists' bevel at a car boot sale there...
 
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