Taps From Days Gone By

[Harpoon]

My Uncle in NC was a Machinist.

I was given this box of assorted tap and dies when he passed, or they would have been thrown away.

Just throught I would post. Some have their wax protection still.

 

[arkangel06]

Sorry to hear about your uncle

 

[Stick Figure]

bad way to get some nice tools. Real question is who got the rest of the equipment? I love to buy from retired machinists they have some of the coolest pieces.

 

[TheGrooveking]

If they have wax on them they may be resharps. If the tap was only lightly worn, a resharp will leave it on size, if not look for a marking like -3 or -.003. For most applications they'll work, but for critical thread engagement specs they may not. They are still perfect at clearing or restoring a thread if they are resharps. Cool that the family thought of you for them.

TheGrooveking

 

[Griff93]

Sorry about your uncle. It's really cool that you ended up with his box full of taps. You'll think about him every time you look at them or use them. I have some tools from both my grandfathers and I know I think about them every time I use them.

 

[Coach James]

Neat stuff. Do they still have the smell of machine oil or cutting fluid? My dad's shop has the smell of gun oil. Sounds crazy but I love that smell.

Where in NC are you?

Coach

 

[beelsr]

yeah, it's a crappy way to get cool tools.

when my uncle died, my mom had a guy move into his house and do some work and all the tools disappeared out of the basement. now THAT really sucked....