Recent content by -TH-

Adding on to my previous post, I starting cleaning the older one (pictured above) and found some engravings on one end. Don't know what the numbers mean but I can only guess that the USAAF is for United States Army Air Forces, which was only called that from 1941-1947. After that it became USAF.

I've got a couple of 144" rules and a 72" rule that I had picked up 20+ years ago from a factory that was closing down cause I thought they were cool. Until recently they were tucked away in my garage collecting dust (and rust, sadly) until I pulled them out and noticed they were both Starrett...

Those vises look great! I really like the look of that finish, could you give me more details of your "recipe"? Mainly - how much of each ingredient, did you warm it for the wax to melt or some other trick, and where did you get the graphite powder? Thank you!!! TH

I'm pretty excited about the No. 203 I picked up on Facebook Marketplace this past weekend. I was blown away to see a date code of 216 (Feb 1916) under a layer or two of gunk. I think it's in better condition than what the pics show - we'll see once it's cleaned up and "refreshed"...

Hi Viseman, I am parting out a 974 due to a broken dynamic jaw casting, and I have the set of jaws that I carefully removed on eBay right now, if you’re still looking for something. Just search eBay for Parker 974 jaws. My name on there is nth_degree.