Deadsquiggles
Well-known member
Hello, all. I'm Tom. I'm 20 years old and am currently an outside machinist at Lyon Shipyard (just a local, privately owned, commercial shipyard; tugboats and the like) but will be starting at Norfolk Naval Shipyard as a marine machinery mechanic (fancy government way of saying outside machinist) on the 17th, extremely excited for this.
I currently have plenty of work tools, in addition to my full machinist's bag.
Wrenches, 3/8"-1 1/4", assorted brands cause they were just whatever I could find, piece by piece to replace the Pittsburgh tools that got me started. There's a couple Protos, Craftsman, some unknowns, and my just arrived, brand new Armstrong 1 1/4" combo wrench that I got for $17.50, shipped to my house.
Craftsman premium ratchet and socket sets, with a couple Proto and Northern Tool sockets.
Ridgid pipe wrenches
Crescent brand crescent wrenches and ford wrench
Craftsman feeler gauges and punches
I was always led to believe that Craftsman was the top of the line and on par with Snap-On and Matco and Armstrong. It was only recently that I found out that I was wrong and started changing my buying habits. The convenience of the Sears store 10 minutes from my house still makes Craftsman kind of convenient.
Anyhow, now that the overly long, unnecessary introduction is out of the way, I'd just like to say I can't wait to read through the threads and learn everything I can about the tools that make my job possible.
I currently have plenty of work tools, in addition to my full machinist's bag.
Wrenches, 3/8"-1 1/4", assorted brands cause they were just whatever I could find, piece by piece to replace the Pittsburgh tools that got me started. There's a couple Protos, Craftsman, some unknowns, and my just arrived, brand new Armstrong 1 1/4" combo wrench that I got for $17.50, shipped to my house.
Craftsman premium ratchet and socket sets, with a couple Proto and Northern Tool sockets.
Ridgid pipe wrenches
Crescent brand crescent wrenches and ford wrench
Craftsman feeler gauges and punches
I was always led to believe that Craftsman was the top of the line and on par with Snap-On and Matco and Armstrong. It was only recently that I found out that I was wrong and started changing my buying habits. The convenience of the Sears store 10 minutes from my house still makes Craftsman kind of convenient.
Anyhow, now that the overly long, unnecessary introduction is out of the way, I'd just like to say I can't wait to read through the threads and learn everything I can about the tools that make my job possible.
