A Potpourri of Tiny Unique Tools TIPS

[@MrPatdeeee]

I had wondered for 80 yrs how "test" indicators worked. But I never tried to figure it out; but I always was fascinated with these machines. Today our "Mr Pete" solved that for me. How great. Praise Jesus for you. "So" Lyle proved the old adage: "It is never too late to learn". Thank you kind Sir and always remember HOW many love you. Make ALL the videos you wish. We will NEVER tire of your genius makeup. NONE FINER!

[@rickmartin4542]

Hello sir, my name is Rick ,I’m 62, and 3 years ago I bought a SouthBend 9a 4’ bed. I also have a mill drill. I try and pick up used tooling whenever and wherever I can. I just had to let you know how much I appreciate your way of teaching, and sometimes I watch you just for the joy of it. Please don’t stop, thank you

[@mrpete222]

Thank you very much for watching

[@AmateurRedneckWorkshop]

Great collection of old tools. And we think we cannot get anything doen without our digital tools.

[@Siskiyous6]

Saturday morning coffee is always better with your work to inspire my day

[@LeonFelixRusso]

@4:33 - This is a Carlton ''FILE - O - PLATE", a combination chainsaw sharpening guide, for correctly setting 1) Cutter angle of 30 degrees, 2) Raker tooth (depth of shaving), and 3) Correct file size on a .325 gauge cutting chain.

[@not2fast4u2c]

If I would have had all those little gadgets when I was a kid..I would have had more fun with it than I would have with toys

[@lathammarx1458]

That was a very nice gift of little tools, lookin thru the comments it looks like most of the items were identified. Enjoyed the double ended indicator, very cool. Thanks Tubalcain!

[@canuckloyalist4681]

It looks like a cartridge neck chamfering tool used in reloading at the 5:47 mark.

[@rrabbit1960]

That's what it is! I have type same type made by L.E. Wilson on my reloading bench.

[@ominguti6345]

I just loaded comments to say exactly that :-)

[@cojones8518]

5:48 Looks like somebody broke the guide rod off in it though. There's suppose to be a rod that goes down into the cartridge neck to keep it centered.

[@Siskiyous6]

@@cojones8518 not all of them are made with that feature, the ones for benchrest type loading have them, but the ones intended for general reloading do not.

[@williamthrasher8540]

I agree

[@danbreyfogle8486]

When my Dad passed away in 2016 I took the lead in cleaning out his basement workroom as well as his radio shop where he worked from 1947 until the day he passed away at 90. And like this collection is was amazing to look at all the little bits and pieces of tools he had collected for his work. Like this he had little lenses from movie projectors as magnifiers to aid in reading schematics and small part numbers on electronic items. And he had tuning forks like those you showed. In Dad's case they were for tuning old fashioned vacuum tube organs (like in churches). Now the curio, remember magnets could be glued to the back to make the tools stand up properly.

[@SteveSummers]

That's one of the neatest indicators I've see. Thanks for sharing. Love the little plumb bob as well. Fits the type of work I'm doing at the moment.

[@air54plane]

you're the only person that takes time to all of this and more!!! I love watching you"er videos.

[@mrpete222]

Thanks

[@RRINTHESHOP]

Nice shirt, and pile of tools. Tubing deburr tool, I have one somewhere. Love the Koch indicator, so simple.

[@pjhalchemy]

Me too on the indicator but I believe there was a lot of engineering went into the mechanism and distances between pivots and the scales. And what about the backlash in the cam/knotch...very cool though!

[@timeflysintheshop]

Glad to hear that you are not quitting. Thank you for the show and tell. Those are fascinating small tools. You really should finish the curio tool display. On the back, you should put a description of what is in the spot on the other side. That way if it ends up as anyone elses possession, you can still educate them!

[@mrpete222]

Yes

[@carlwhite8225]

Mr Pete, those are some pretty neat old tools, they sure do not make things like that anymore, Thank you Sir for sharing.

[@oldhick9047]

Pete I think the double ended cutter is used in reloading ammo. It is used to bevel the inside and de-bur the outside of the case mouth. Or maybe it's something else.

[@jerrywallis599]

I have two of them and that is what they are.

[@patrickdavies6514]

Bang on.

[@TheAyrCaveShop]

Enjoyed the morning coffee cool tiny tools episode....that Koch & Son dual indicator is incredible, considering how much hand work must have been required in manufacturing. Was probably a pricey item in its day... Thank You Mr. Pete.....

[@kevinkoepke8311]

Until someone explained the chainsaw sharpening guide, I couldn't remember where I had seen it. Got one in my toolbox. Thanks again my friend.

[@clifffiftytwo]

Like others I recognized the inner/outer deburring tool as one useful in cartridge case reloading when trimming cases. It occurs to me it would be useful when cutting copper tubing as well.

[@OthamJohn]

Keep them coming please. Allways look forward to another session at school...

[@roylucas1027]

Another fine video. Nothing earthshattering, but certainly enjoyable watching with morning coffee. Looking forward to your next visit.

[@tuffymartinez]

Thank You Lyle...How we seem to collect so many odds and ends in a lifetime of working...LOVE IT !!!!!...Looks like a small drawer of my many old Gerstners...Lots of Neat-O stuff to be handed down or just thrown away by younger folks that just do not care...I CARE & THANK YOU LYLE ...MORE PLEASE!!!!!!..TM

[@samrodian919]

The steep angled countersink is for after trimming cartridge cases to length is to give a slight bevel to the inside and outside of the cartridge mouth. Used by those who re-load their own ammunition. It may have the name Lee or RCBS or Lyman on it as they all make them.

[@labrat7357]

I don't reload any more but I still kept this little demurring tool as it is handy to have. Mine was marked as an RCBS product. All the best.

[@bobvines00]

Lyle, seeing the small handbook of useful tables with the math tables reminded me of an incident in my early career. I was a Tool Designer and spent a _lot_ of time in the Tool & Die Shop going over designs & drawings with the Toolmakers at work. This was in the early '80s. One of the most senior Toolmakers was using his trig tables as I (in my early 20s then) walked by his workbench and stopped & asked why he was doing that. He only owned a 4-function calculator. I told him that he could get a "new" calculator with trig functions for $10-$15. He didn't understand that he would no longer have to look up data in the trig tables to be entered into his calculator. When I finally got him to understand that the equivalent of his trig tables (plus more) was "inside" the "newer" calculators, he literally staggered! It was one of those "light coming on" moments! ;)

[@mrpete222]

That’s a good story

[@oldhick9047]

Thank you for the show and tell sir. Love the little tools.

[@4GSR]

One thing I like about your videos on this kind of stuff. You learn something about the unusual tools by the many comments posted by others that know something about it. To me, very educational-shop related. Ken

[@gig1958]

Mr. Pete, the sort of horseshoe shaped item with the riveted spring clip is an attachment for a analog (non-digital) height gage. It clips on to one (or any) of the indicating steps and provides a surface to gage an underside surface. I know that the one we used for years in the shop had "steps" finished on both surfaces but I have one by Cadillac Gage that has one of these. I know what the piece with the string wound around it is but will keep silent in case you want to show it later. Matthew Onks

[@dannyl2598]

Thanks Mr Pete. That's some pretty neat stuff you got there. That little glass puck looks like an optical flat, I have one that came in a set of gage blocks. Tom Lipton did a video on them. I played around with the one I have and was surprised to see how it works. If that is what it is I think you will find it interesting too. Thanks

[@TheKnacklersWorkshop]

Mr Pete, I definitely think you should complete the cabinet with all the old interesting tools. You have so many to pick from, to have the top 20 in one place would be great. Keep the video's coming. Paul,,

[@shanematthews9220]

Mr Pete. The cylinder shaped object is a reloading accessory. Used to remove burrs and chamfer the inside and outside of a cartridge mouth. Usually used on brass cartridges. The string object is a rifle barrel pull thru. Carried in the rifle butt trap. This is a steel one for WW2, Brass ones made for WW1. However some left over brass pull thrus were still used in WW2. The metal unscrews. One end is a weight to drop through the barrel, the other end has a slot for a patch. It also has a female thread for a GI bore brush. By the way yesterday, Friday, the temperature in the afternoon was 101 with heat index of 107. Here in Central Florida. No place to hang out!

[@garyc5483]

Hi mrpete a really nice gift of all the small tools. Although the little double ended indicator was a gem the item that caught my eye was the Lufkin tapping drill & decimal equivalent round calculator. Here in the UK I have a huge collection of mechanical calculators (pre electric) Slide rules and rotary calculators. I have several hundred rotary calculators covering many subjects. I have M&W, Starrett, General etc etc but not a Lufkin one of any kind. I would love to add that one to my collection. Thanks for sharing. Stay well stay safe. regards from the UK

[@ernestbastide1970]

Ernie Bastide Thank you so much for your video, please keep them coming.

[@craigtate5930]

Cool old tools. Wish they could tell there stories. I bought an older version of machineries handbook back a few months ago. Little did I know it had the name and address of its previous owner. It would be so cool to communicate with the previous owner (if hes still alive of course) and hear about his work, and let him know his once loved book is in good hands

[@mrpete222]

👍

[@cdp200442]

Sir your my favorite channel by far on KZbin. Brings me back to better times. My shop teacher was us young men’s favorite. Had fun while Learning my future trade in plumbing/ HVAC JOB . THANK YOU 🙏🏽

[@stanervin6108]

I am familiar with the two cutting tools at about 5:45 . For trimming empty brass ammo cartridges. The double ended one is for trimming and deburring the cartridge on the larger opening to ensure the proper fit of the lead. The smaller one is to dress up the primer pocket. The ones I used were branded 'Hornady'. Some nice miniature goodies you have there, Lyle.

[@mikemoore9757]

Canuck Loyalist is spot on at 5:47. It is a deburring reamer for taking the whiskers off the Id and od of brass cartridge cases when reloading. It can also be your best friend when doing alot of tubing work on the lathe.

[@martinstreets7377]

Hi Mr Pete, My late uncle had a 0 to 0.500 micrometre he was a master carpenter and at one time manufactured piano parts he always called it a piano makers micrometre. Regards Martin.

[@silverbullet7434]

Lyle the double end cutter is for reloading brass shells so bullets fit in the shell and the shell fits in the guns chamber... It only takes a few spine by hand to make the brass ready to load.

[@panjandrum.conundrum]

1945, studying machining at USC, probably a returning soldier, possibly even disabled. As for the tuning forks: 1) is marked "460.9 internat" which refers to B-flat when you use international tuning (A=435 hz instead of our usual 440 hz) 2) "concert" is "concert A," the 440 hz widely in use today (unless you play on original period instruments, then many use a lower pitch just to make it more tedious) 3) is another international frequency, can't quite read it.

[@sluggo2014]

Thanks Dave

[@bigmikeh5827]

Mr Pete, thank you for sharing. In all my collections I alway wonder what stories could these items share if they could talk. That mic would tell us about the person, the trade, the location, the projects, the company. Sometimes they do tell their secrets with markings or the owner helps. I admire the craftsmanship, the indicators of use, and care. Especially when I place them next to a currently made tool. Again sir, thank you for sharing and be safe.

[@RyanWeishalla]

Nice set of small tools. I think you need to get one of your woodworking buddies to make you a glass topped coffee table that you can use as a display case so the tools can lay in it. Well, with all of your tools, you might have them make it into a kitchen table...with additional leafs for expansion.

[@blackdog.6398]

Thank you 🙏 ...

[@lugergsd9282]

Hey Mr Pete! Long time viewer, love your videos! That thing you held in your hand that looks like a countersink on one end, the other end is basically the reverse of a countersink... that’s a reloading tool. When you reload your own bullets, you typically need to trim the shells to length because when they’re fired, they expand in the chamber of the gun. So when you reload, you trim the case to length and then deburr it with that tool. It lets you deburr the inside and outside of the opening of the of the bullet casing. So it’s easier to handle of course but also it makes putting the powder in and seating the projectile easier. Awesome video, as always sir, keep up the great work!

[@andyZ3500s]

Mr. Pete the little micrometer looks the same as Brown & Sharpe 's 1885 version. I know that this one is patented 1884 but Look for it on page 9 of the 1941 Brown & Sharpe catalog that you always show.

[@MrUbiquitousTech]

Cool assortment of little tools, very nice of Dave! The workings of that double ended indicator is fascinating; you're right, it's amazing what people used to do and with far less then we have today. (Except brains, I think there was more of those back then.)

[@raymuttart5484]

Interesting for sure, thank you.

[@bluegrallis]

I found one of those Starrett RPM gauges in an old tire patch container in my Great Uncles stuff. He used it to set the speeds on the combine when changing from one crop to another. An old fellow came and borrowed it one day, because Uncle Sam used to let him borrow it every time he re-set his combine. The fellow passed away before he got it back to me and I believe most of his possessions were shoved in a hole in the ground when they dozed of his whole farmstead.

[@Louisg1100]

Thank you for the show and tell. The tool with the countersunk on one side and the deburring tool at the 5:47 mark is used for deburring the inside and outside of rifle cartridge cases after trimming to length

[@tonylenge424]

I am thrilled that you plan to make more videos. Thanks

[@BradsWorkbench]

Cool little box of stuff

[@davescreations7793]

I enjoyed this video a lot thanks Mr Pete

[@philrueff1402]

Awesome Video Mr. Pete! Love the little tools and the patent drawings are always so interesting. Keep 'em coming!

[@123232ism]

love the curio case...

[@SuperBowser87]

Really enjoyed. Thanks for sharing!!

[@kelkel3201]

God Bless Mr.Pete very interesting pieces you got there! My favorite: the double mechanism indicator w/ the slide plate!

[@drgreenthumb8137]

I just scored one of those 0-.500 starrett micrometers at a flea market for $15. It’s in excellent shape with locking box.

[@blipblip88]

Figures you'd get a gauge with Dave Clark's name on it that came out of a box of Bits And Pieces..

[@charlieromeo7663]

Nice touch.

[@dianemcewen8922]

I own a mint 2 inch mic with the same patents dates as the 1/2 “ you have ,mine is a brown and sharp thanks Mike

[@garandm1d]

Excellent video, as usual,....@ 5:44 the tool in question appears to be a chamfer tool for metallic cartridge reloading, in the reloading process brass cases need to be trimmed to length due to the fact that they tend to grow in length in each firing. After trimming to length you need to remove the burr on both the inside & outside of the cartridge case.

[@dennismichas285]

Thanks Lyle, another interesting video. I was given a 0 to 12.7mm Mitutoyo outside mic, also think it's quite cute👍

[@pjhalchemy]

Thanks Mr. Pete and Dave Clark...great bits of cool tools & odd bits. More Please...this felt short for some reason. The history of the tuning fork is quite interesting and particularly how the frequencies were arrived at for the modern scales and all the way to fax machines. (John Shore 1711"Pitch Fork") Loved that Koch indicator too.

[@joeduda8507]

Very nice tools glad you shared them

[@elsdp-4560]

THANK YOU...for sharing. Some really neat stuff.

[@ericday604]

Good morning Mr. Pete! I must say that I really enjoyed this video. I really enjoy tiny tools, gadgets, and containers. I also have a very bad habit of buying them when i see them at the local antique shops. The koch indicator is just outstanding!! I will be watching for one of those, the workmanship is just amazing. I have a small micrometer like the one you have shown but mine is of poor quality as it is branded by and I guess sold by Woolworths, not the benchmark of quality!! Take care my friend, I will be watching for your next production.

[@peteroleary9447]

That thick fork shaped tool with the spring clip is for use with a Cadillac gage, sometimes called a Pla-Chek. It clips on top of the gaging discs so you can use your indicator for underneath measurements. That old screw gage may be made from German silver, otherwise known as nickel silver. Maybe it's a 300 series stainless steel and therefore non-magnetic.

[@michaelfiller3452]

Interesting tools. Weird coincident I was thinking about making a little curio along the lines of yours just this morning. There are three keys near the center of your box, look like railroad keys.

[@mikenixon9164]

Good stuff.

[@slypig24]

If you glued small magnets to the back of your wooden display curio box. The tools would stay upright, and you could still remove they when you wanted them..get strong rare earth magnets. Cheers from Australia 🇦🇺

[@mrpete222]

Good idea

[@bcbloc02]

You have at least 24 more years to get your projects done. Get after it. :-)

[@donmittlestaedt1117]

The item with triangular shape and the springy clip is used on a Pla-Check. it is placed between the segments on the gauge column. The spring clip holds down the the item so the user can transfer the surface out so the measurement can can picked up from below by the dial indicator stylus for instance.

[@tomburson5733]

The round tool you found is a brass cartridge debuting tool. One end does mouth outside other end does neck od for reloaders

[@americansewingmachineresto1545]

Mr Pete, one of the items you couldn’t identify, it had the thick metal piece with the brighter metal arms attached to the top. It clips onto a height gage

[@bnghjtyu767]

The indicator at 7: 40 seconds. I acquired one years ago from somewhere I use it in a test jig for bullet concentricity. It's a wonderful Little treasure.

[@dereksstuff8395]

The carlton gauge is a raker gauge, used in the sharpening of chainsaw chains. I've also got one of the odd double end cutter tools that was in a box of miscellaneous tools.... I've never used it.

[@michaellenz9121]

The double ended tool is for prep work on brass cartridges. Champher inside and out for reloaders. there is supposed to be a center pin in the female cutter

[@jeffrobison2013]

the cutter that looks like a little rocket is a de burr tool, I use one to de burr brass casings when reloading ammo

[@georgecrego5535]

The cutter with the state's deep deep cut angles on the back is for Shell trimming the front does the neck in the back of the outside of the neck

[@Daledavispratt]

What a wonderful gift! Thanks, Mr. Pete! :-)

[@IronAntOilpatch]

5:45 mark tool is for ID, and OD chamfer of Brass for reloading. Can ream the Primer hole with the ID end too

[@4GSR]

A 1982 penny, might get 2 cents for it today. Almost antique!!! Thanks for sharing. Ken

[@FastSloW-qt8xf]

The one item with the three horns on one side is for reloading. Its used for deburring the projectile end of brass cases

[@jamesburriss1086]

Tuning forks were used to check for loose paint on parts by hanging the part on a piece of string and touching the vibrating fork to it any loose paint over dirty or oily parts will pop off

[@mrpete222]

That is interesting

[@johnwatson4668]

The item the looks to be a countersink on one end and an opposite countersink on the other is a rifle cartridge deburring tool, used to debur the brass casing both inner and outer edges during the reloading process before inserting the bullet.

[@warrenuecker683]

Yeah, at the 5:47 mark, that's a tool for reloading brass cartridges. The 'countersink' end is used to chamfer the case so that the bullet doesn't catch on the case edge when it is seated, and the other end de-burrs the outside of the case. I think this is an RCBS brand tool, perhaps Lyman....

[@billmarshall8352]

hello, one of the tools in the cover picture that you didn't show (the tool with a black handle and springs in the side) is for removing watch hands!

[@larryleek7141]

The tool that looks like an inside and outside chamfer tool is for manually deburring cartridge cases after trimming them to length. Trimming leaves a sharp edge both inside and outside the mouth of the case so deburring is necessary to remove this.

[@CraigLYoung]

Thanks for sharing!

[@garyanvil2354]

You never cease to amaze Mr. Pete...👍 Would you adopt me please

[@labrat7357]

At the 5.45 mark that is tool to debur the neck of cartridges that have been trimmed back to a length and have a sharp edge left around and inside the mouth of the case. Mine was made by RCBS.

[@markowen7164]

Good I'm happy to hear that. M

[@dimitrioslykissas7981]

The DIY plumb bob video is going to be a lot of fun. On the other hand, the people insisting Mr. Pete is a Freemason will have a field day.

[@mrpete222]

Yes They love to harass me over that

[@bobbrown3997]

Wow! Two comments from me in a week. Lyle, the 3 tuning forks I believe was part of a set of chromatic tuning forks. I never owned a set as I tuned pianos by ear using only one fork.

[@Opinionator52]

That 2 ended cone cutter may be to make mating surfaces,,, and the tuning fork handle touched to the camera would likely transfer the sound... Very cool stuff!!! :o) O,,,

[@PeterWMeek]

That one tool is an inside/outside deburring tool*. The eyepieces look like part of a set of oculars for a stereo dissecting microscope. I have one that my dad purchased as a young teenager with money earned doing odd jobs and selling a home-brewed salve door-to-door during the depression. The oculars look VERY similar to what you showed. Don't throw those away; if you don't want them, maybe we can trade something. ====== * After reading some of the other comments, I realized that I have one of those, packed away with all my other reloading equipment.

[@ramsay19481]

We had US "Hollowshaft" motors on deep well pumps where I worked for many years.. Mike in Louisiana

[@hubertwhitlock9968]

that countersink is for reloading and that's how you shamper your brass inside and outside when you're reloading bullets

[@WhiteDesignsUSA]

5:42 is a reloading tool. It's for deburring and chamfering the necks and primer pockets of metalic cases.

[@MrSjGibbs]

It deburrs the outside of the case neck and chamfers the inside so the bullet doesn’t get scratched, particularly around the base. A bullet is steered from the base.

[@gordbaker896]

That Non-magnetic item may be Stainless. Great stuff from DC. You could possibly glue magents on the case to hold Ferrous Materials.

[@aw738]

The counter sink tool is to chamfer resized cases when you reload them. It is used before the bullet is seated.