Recent content by T_Curlee

I agree that some calipers are fractional - I have others that are. And while it's true that you don't need to work to 0.001" with wood, when I'm working on cabinets or furniture, I try to measure things a lot closer than 1/16th". It seems odd that someone would have a precision tool company...

When cleaning out my fathers garage, I ran across an unusual 24" (OK, 23") Brown & Sharpe inside/outside caliper. I would expect a caliper of this size and manufacturer to have a vernier, but this one only has calibrations with 1/8th" and 1/16th" gradations. On the front of the scale it's marked...

You probably know this, but when you lower the fence locking lever, the front of the fence (nearest the locking lever) should lock first and square up the fence. As the locking lever is pushed on down, then the rear should lock. I think there is an adjusting screw above the locking lever that...

If I had to guess, I'd say it was some type of boring tool. I checked the Free Patents Online web site and searched for all patents filed on Feb 19th, 1901 and didn't see anything that looked remotely like you device. See...

Typewriter repair kit. I found 2 different web sites (worthpoint.com and pinterest.com) with photos calling it a typewriter repair kit. Did any of the small parts have a type face on the end? The photo of the partial label from ebay had the word (I think) 'platen', which could be used in a...

Ok, the "snowflake" is the blade guard style, and nothing to do with ice or snow. But still, the sliding table seems awfully crude for anything to do with wood, yet it appears to be purpose built by Park. It might be ok for firewood, but certainly not with the overall size. I can't see it...

Looking at the pictures of the somewhat crude sliding table in the above link, I'm going to make an a really off the wall guess on the intended use. Not knowing if the "Snowflake" name is used anywhere else by Parks (or means anything), could the saw be designed to cut blocks of ice? The crude...

Just a guess. Since the brace is usually used for wood working, as are lag bolts, I think that #2 is used to drive square headed lag bolts.

I find the slight differences between the markings on the socket pictures posted yesterday interesting. Lug's sockets show some S.R. logos with square corners like mine, others have rounded corners. Nothing big, but interesting. The stamping on Mr. Teenagers socket in the second picture looks...

I checked through the Plomb/Proto sockets that I have and didn't see any marked Proto WF (or for that matter, didn't see any Plomb sockets marked WF either). I do have a partial set of Proto Los Angeles marked sockets along with a set of Plomb marked 3/8" to 3/4" 12xx series combo wrenches...

A little more info on my S.R. marked sockets. My father lived in Los Angeles after WWII and attended some kind of a diesel trade school (National Trade Schools, or whatever they called themselves in the early 1950's perhaps?). His stash of Plomb/Proto tools may have partially come from that...

I inherited a number of "S.R." deep sockets from my father - 4 ea of 3/8" and 1/2" drive. Other than the size, they all look alike except that some (one 1/2" and two 3/8") are not marked with S.R. With the dull silver-gray finish, I assume that they are cad plated. Any idea who made these...

Re: ~ Plomb tool picture thread - show your stuff! Just joined GJ and this is my first post. Things started innocently enough. My father died a year ago at 93, and I've just started going through some of his tools. He was living in another part of the country, so some sorting was needed at...