New antique machine shop tools! Starrett, Lufkin, Miller Falls and more

New tools bequeathed to me by my Grandfather. Includes a Starrett Level, Lufkin distance gauge, Miller Falls Tools micrometer and more!

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[MegaMoto4]

I live in athol right near starret tool. Unfortunately they are very slow now and have cut some workers to 16 hrs week

[saunixcomp]

@MegaMoto4 Interesting - and sad to hear. Do you know how much manufacturing they do there versus overseas?

[ryanstewart86]

Tip for using the micrometer, hold it in your right hand with your pinkie and ring finger grasping the corner (closest to the dial) of the black body part (middle finger used as a rest) whilst using your index finger and thumb to rotate the dial. This way you can get a much better precise measurement of the item. Hope this helps! Happy New Year to you too!

[saunixcomp]

Ryan - Thanks - much appreciated!

[saunixcomp]

Thanks! I agree - they don't make them like this anymore. I would absolutely pay, say, $5 more for a good tool to have it packaged in nice wood boxes like this... Maybe plastic has a longer life span or is impervious to the elements, but it just doesn't feel the same!

[MegaMoto4]

@saunixcomp as far as i know they are at least 90% usa made and have two southern distributors and one factory also down south but mostly it is in athol.

[gbowne1]

If you ever get a chance to build or make precision tooling, build or aquire boxes like these which may also be lined and have low moisture content so that the tools inside will not get damaged and or rust. Starrett still packages a few select items in wood boxes.

[FuckTheSystemHard]

@saunixcomp your comment just goes to show why , you only offered 5 more dollars...

[mazdarx7head]

very nice tools. there has always been something mystical and mage like about machinists.

[foxdmulder]

Those are some beautiful tools. From the comments above you've already gathered the 2nd last was an inside micrometer but those kind can not be bought today anymore. The quality and weight shows the workmanship. we'll never see timber boxed tools again. Now its all plastic. My favourite was the machine level and the socket set, i kept some of my fathers old socket sets, all in metal boxes like yours.

the machine level you got, is it on a cast iron magnetic base?

[throughthedark]

I was looking for a vid that showed me how an inside micrometer works and here it is I found it! Thanks !

[ClckdyClck]

If you're still wondering the name of the tool towards the end it is a inside mic...a very nice inside mic at that. you came back with some nice tools, if you were to buy that kind of quality today, your wallet would be alot lighter that's for sure.