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During lunch today, I watched the youtube video linked in post #50. Yes, it was impressive, but 3 things stood out to me. 1. As previously mention in this thread, there is a lot of under utilized ie. ,vacant, and inefficiently used real estate. Those old multi-story buildings would serve...

I'll play devil's advocate here. If these legacy tools are still so relevant in today's manufacturing world, why did every other maker of such tools disappear from the scene decades ago? As I've said before, I have my dad's old school tools from the 40's and 50's. Mostly Starrett, but also...

Back in 2015, we designed and delivered some custom tooling for SBD in Jackson, TN. The group of guys at SBD that we worked with were some of the best engineers and tooling people I've had the pleasure to work with. I know this is a different plant, but I hate it when good people get shafted...

@Aaron_W: "You assume his union status. Music teacher in particular could very easily be a private school, and non-union. Could even be a teacher at a music school." I assume nothing! He's a retired music teacher from our public school system, as are his wife, 2 son's and 2 daughter-in-laws...

Before digital calipers came out, guys bought dial calipers if they wanted to move on from verniers. Mitutoyo was the go-to dial caliper back than became of the quality vs. price. You started to see more of their mics on the shop floor too. I saw very few Starrett dial calipers in any of the...

@mike931x : At least he is willing to say what most people feel. I give him some credit for that. This same "dedicated public servant" / strong TEACHER union supporter is also the 1st to throw any member of another union, trade, IAM, UAW, other municipal workers unions etc., under the bus...

@nadogail : "Labor Off Shore is much cheaper than what we pay here, most of us don't want to pay for the cost of American Labor." BINGO! I was having a discussion years ago with a neighbor I've known now for 38 years who's a music teacher about manufacturing and prices. Mine you, he knows...

Sad news indeed, but I'm not surprised. I'm a 2nd generation Starrett user. My dad started buying Starrett tools when he entered the trade in 1939, me in 1972, and I just turned 68 the day this news broke. I inherited my dad's tool & die tools, and despite being decades old, their like new...

Starrett also made scales in quick reading 32nds, 64ths, 50ths and 100ths. Those were 16R graduations and commonly used in the aircraft industry. I 1st saw them when I went to work at Fairchild Republic. Never saw them before in the machinery business..

I 2nd the thought to leave the original covering alone. I recently restored and recovered a CE Jennings chest from the 1913 - 1923 period. The material I purchased from Gerstner was much lighter and IMO would be much less durable than what you have now

Your 5 drawer box was discribed as a Patternmaker’s Chest. Depending on the length, it’s either a model 43 if it’s a 26” long box or a 44 if it’s a 30” box. Like other boxes of that period they could be has in oak, mahogany, or leatherette like yours. One old time model/pattermaker at Fairchild...

Some machine manufactures used drive screws to attach such plates. McMaster-Carr has them. https://www.mcmaster.com/products/drive-screws/

The die casting shop I worked at 26 years ago had 6 Bridgeports. 3 of them had been rebuilt and had been converted to ballscrews. Yes, you could climbmill, and they were a pleasure to use. I certainly wouldn't let that scare me off.

Try over here. Atlas machine owners are welcome. https://bbs.homeshopmachinist.net/forum/general Here too. http://vintagemachinery.org/

It will be fine as is for use on a drill press.

That's the top 1/2 of a milling machine vise. What's missing is the lower swivel base. Sure, you can use it on a drill press or milling machine, but on a mill, you lose the ability to set the vise at a specific angle relative to the x & y axis. Palmgren is old USA brand. Not high precision...

It could be an early Hardinge Cataract lathe. IIRC, Stark used an elliptical foot casting, and cast their name on the bed. Hardinge used round feet and a nameplate the may have been removed. Again, check http://www.lathes.co.uk/ and look under Hardinge. I currently have both a #4 Stark and a...

IMO, it's an early 1900's metal lathe for light turning. Rivett, Hjorth, Stark, and a host of others made light duty bench and floor type tool room lathes. They were sometimes called watchmakers lathes. Some really early models were still foot treadle powered. These manufacturers actually...

The one on the left is a very early depth gage. You can use it with a scale to measure the depth of a hole that is too small to be measured directly with the scale. I have a similar tool made by my Dad when he was in trade school in the 1930's. Not sure about the tool on the right.

Yes, Gerstner made those for Starrett.