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RXB, That could definitely be a 1-off. 1st company I worked for had their own in-house pattern shop and employed 2 patternmakers. That's the kind of craftsmanship that made that box. The hardware was readily available at that time.

Gosigner is a machine tool dealer. Edlund is the maker. It's what was called a "sensitive drill".

FWIW, that indicator will only measure about .200". Not sure it will do what you want.

+1 on the 1st block being a tap guide. Most shop made tap holders I've seen had 2 sets of blind holes, 1 for the tap and 1 for the tap drill.

Are you sure they're from a lathe. They might be from a kick press, or other type of old machine.

That is a great display, well done! I have my dad's Williams DOE & DBE (both shallow and deep offset) that he used in the 40's and 50's. The DOE's I have are older vintage. Since I found this forum, I been buying up Williams SAE combos and SAE sockets at the local car shows and flea markets.

I've spent the last 20 years designing high accuracy, quick change workholding systems for the machine tool industry, primarily the auto industry. Think power train components. From what I see and hear, the money is in process engineering, and set-up/troubleshooting. The vast majority of...

Bigdave160, I agree with you 100%. But having small business owners, friends of mine in the trades no less, who have sat on our local school board, our local system needs a big reset. Most teachers I know, including my wife, will be the 1st to say that government needs to get out of the...

To the OP: It's about freaking time! Some background 1st. I learned machining back in the early '70s on the same types of manual machines my dad learned the tool & die trade on in the 1930's. I moved to CNC and CAD ( I'm a mechanical engineer by day, machinist by night) as it became used...

If they are going to continue to supply Ace with Craftsman tools, they should tell my local Ace store manager. Last time I was in there, I asked about them honoring the Craftsman warranty. I was told "No way! We don't even know how much longer we'll be selling Craftsman tools." Poor...

Transfer or spotting bushings. They are used to transfer the center of a hole in 1 piece of material into what will be the mating piece. My dad was an old-school tool/die maker in the '40's. I have some of his.

My area is mostly 1950's vintage Cape Cod style houses, originally equipped with a 1 car attached garage, 10' x 20'. That's what I have. Most of my neighbors have eliminated the garage, turning it into additional living space over the years. My garage serves as my shop, crammed full for tools...

We had 2 MSC places here on Long Island that you could walk in and buy stuff. 1 was literally around the block from where I am right now in Plainview, the other was a little further east in Deer Park. Both of those locations are closed. There's a corporate office, but no more walk in sales...

I need to show that to my wife. Saturday's my birthday......... LOL

IIRC, Matco makes their own tool boxes upstate in Jamestown, NY.

Not in Suffolk, but you could try Bellmore Steel just south of Sunrise Hwy. across from the LIRR station.

Starrett made many mics with and without "tenths" scales. A "T" in the part/catalog number denotes a tenths scale. I have a few of their 230 1" mics both with and without tenths.

Jack, Young guys (my 23 year old mechanical engineer son) use 3d printing, CNC, and software, instead of my 60 year South Bend, Bridgeport, and pencils/T-squares.... Hell, my father laughed when he once said that I may have learned the trade back in 1972 on the same manual machines he once ran...

"Not all who repair things for a living are tool guys." Yup! My dad was a die maker who moved thru management and ended up a VP for a big metal stamping outfit. During his years as the tool room supervisor, he bought and resold many machinists boxes. Many of my machinists tools were bought...

I used to buy, repair/refurbish and flip used small metalworking machinery for years. It funded my shop. I stopped about 5-10 years ago. I learned this from my father, who did it back in the 1960's. Long Island has become a tough market to resell in, too many sellers, too few buyers. I know...