dr_clyde
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I was browsing the good list the other night looking through the tool section. I usually will click on any ads for machinist tools, even though the seller is usually stupid high. Well, I ended up buying this guys stuff for a way, super good price. I really didn't need any of this, but it was too good of a deal to ignore.
He is a retired diemaker and sold his house, so he had to liquidate in a hurry. He would only sell the box and contents as a package, so I suspect that scared away the tire kickers a tad, because the ad was up for 3 days before I got to it.
I paid a total of $500 for everything you see here.
Here are the kennedy boxes. Nothing special, just your run of the mill machinist chests. I'll probably sell these to my summer apprentice or something. I don't really need any more toolboxes. They're in great shape.
Looking into the top compartment as I received it.
I laid the contents on my surface plate so I could get a good photo.
Items of note include a Starrett planer gage, a Mitutoyo depth mic, Mitutoyo dial indicator (feels funny, probably needs a service/cleaning. It is OLD.) Also a Lufkin surface gage, a surface grinder diamond dressing tool and a toolmakers knee or angle plate.
Moving down to the top left we have Starrett adjustable parallels, wiggler set, and small telescoping gages. Also a set if Mitutoyo small hole gages. All there and in good working condition.
Below that is a sine plate. It appears to be shop made, as I can't find any maker's marks on it. The tiny holes in the center spell out RED, but I haven't ever heard of them.
Handbook in the handbook drawer.
Over on the right, some miscellaneous tooling, a nice Lufkin auto center punch, some Starrett hermaphrodite calipers and Craftsman dividers.
Below that, high speed lathe tools, transfer screws and tap extensions. Some punches as well.
Below that, a set of standard coarse thread spiral point and hand taps, a set of standard Heimann transfer screws, feeler gages, some cutters and a threading tool gage.
Moving down into the first wide drawer we have Starrett micrometers to 4", larger metric and standard Heimann transfer screws, and some tool steel rods I'm not sure of the purpose of. I'll probably stash those somewhere until I figure out what they're for. They're marked O-1 and some fractional sizes.
Bottom drawer of the top chest holds a Lufkin back plunge indicator missing the crystal, but otherwise functional, and a pristine Mitutoyo 12" dial caliper.
In the top drawer of the riser we find an Lufkin ID micrometer, a Gem test indicator and a set of standard and metric Starrett radius gages.
The last drawer was full of layout and setup tools. Nice assortment of 123 blocks and parallels. There's also a set if letter and number stamps, a Starrett centering head for a combo square, and a 12" Mitutoyo height gage.
All told, I'm very happy. I asked if he was sure of the price, and was aware of what they were still worth. He assured me that he did, and that he wanted to see them get used by "some young buck" for another 50 years. I gave him his full asking price of $500 plus a case of local craft beer.
Now to figure out where to put it all...
He is a retired diemaker and sold his house, so he had to liquidate in a hurry. He would only sell the box and contents as a package, so I suspect that scared away the tire kickers a tad, because the ad was up for 3 days before I got to it.
I paid a total of $500 for everything you see here.
Here are the kennedy boxes. Nothing special, just your run of the mill machinist chests. I'll probably sell these to my summer apprentice or something. I don't really need any more toolboxes. They're in great shape.
Looking into the top compartment as I received it.
I laid the contents on my surface plate so I could get a good photo.
Items of note include a Starrett planer gage, a Mitutoyo depth mic, Mitutoyo dial indicator (feels funny, probably needs a service/cleaning. It is OLD.) Also a Lufkin surface gage, a surface grinder diamond dressing tool and a toolmakers knee or angle plate.
Moving down to the top left we have Starrett adjustable parallels, wiggler set, and small telescoping gages. Also a set if Mitutoyo small hole gages. All there and in good working condition.
Below that is a sine plate. It appears to be shop made, as I can't find any maker's marks on it. The tiny holes in the center spell out RED, but I haven't ever heard of them.
Handbook in the handbook drawer.
Over on the right, some miscellaneous tooling, a nice Lufkin auto center punch, some Starrett hermaphrodite calipers and Craftsman dividers.
Below that, high speed lathe tools, transfer screws and tap extensions. Some punches as well.
Below that, a set of standard coarse thread spiral point and hand taps, a set of standard Heimann transfer screws, feeler gages, some cutters and a threading tool gage.
Moving down into the first wide drawer we have Starrett micrometers to 4", larger metric and standard Heimann transfer screws, and some tool steel rods I'm not sure of the purpose of. I'll probably stash those somewhere until I figure out what they're for. They're marked O-1 and some fractional sizes.
Bottom drawer of the top chest holds a Lufkin back plunge indicator missing the crystal, but otherwise functional, and a pristine Mitutoyo 12" dial caliper.
In the top drawer of the riser we find an Lufkin ID micrometer, a Gem test indicator and a set of standard and metric Starrett radius gages.
The last drawer was full of layout and setup tools. Nice assortment of 123 blocks and parallels. There's also a set if letter and number stamps, a Starrett centering head for a combo square, and a 12" Mitutoyo height gage.
All told, I'm very happy. I asked if he was sure of the price, and was aware of what they were still worth. He assured me that he did, and that he wanted to see them get used by "some young buck" for another 50 years. I gave him his full asking price of $500 plus a case of local craft beer.
Now to figure out where to put it all...
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