Some Obscure Starrett Tools Tips 540 tubalcain

[@1sttvbn]

Love this. I bought my neighbors machinist tool box from his wife when he passed. He had many of these tools. I cleaned everything up, and use them from time, to time.

[@mrpete222]

That is awesome!

[@Abom79]

Thanks for sharing Mr. Pete! We love the Starrett tools!

[@samshublom8761]

Back in the early 80's, I found myself in Athol, Mass with a day to kill, so I walked in the front door at Starrett and asked the lady at the desk if I could have a factory tour. She seemed a little surprised but asked me to wait and soon a guy showed up and introduced himself. I don't think his name was Starrett, but as I recall he was related to the Starrett family. At any rate, he was kind enough to take the time to give me an interesting tour of part of their facility. It ended in a wonderfully cluttered room which he said contained a specimen of just about every tool they had made. I understand that has been organized into a neat museum now. Before I left he asked me if I owned any Starrett tools. I replied, yes I did and liked them very much. Then he asked how many of them I had purchased new. I thought a minute and allowed that none were bought new. He then said something I have never forgotten. "Our biggest competitor isn't the import stuff. It's the stuff we made 50 years ago...it is usually well cared for and never wears out." Since the advent of eBay, I have purchased plenty more and I am sorry to say I have yet to buy anything new. I love their tools and hope they continue to prosper but I am afraid I haven't helped them any in the way of sales.

[@jimleonardson4268]

The one new item I bought from Starrett is their stock (SCX). The P/E is a little over 10, Price/Book is 0.59. It's too bad they stopped paying dividends after the ill-conceived steel tariff came in.

[@vilsiran]

I have never thought of it that way. I have new gauge sets. But 99% of mine are used.

[@mrpete222]

Hi Sam. That is a very good story. I will repeat that with your promotion in a video. I must confess to having bought very few new items myself. I did buy quite a few for the school when I was a teacher. That's actually a rather sobering story

[@PaulSteMarie]

I try to buy new when I can, just because it would be a tragedy if Starrett either went belly up or stopped making the basic tools used by hobbyists and concentrated entirely on CMM and other high-end gear. They discontinued the Fay pattern calipers and dividers, which was very sad. That said, I do have lots of used Starrett equipment from eBay. You can get the vernier master calipers and height gages for a pittance.

[@neilyeag]

Very cool story.

[@majikmike44]

Every ruler is 11 inches!? Haha. Your anecdotes from high school teaching always make my day Mr. Pete.

[@mrpete222]

lol

[@rodhenry4862]

Mr Pete, do you have any 11. 5 rulers?......lol Thanks for your videos and sharing your knowledge and humor!

[@P61guy61]

Only you can make a subject like this so interesting. Having coffee and breakfast, miles from home, and enjoying a refreshing video from Mrpete222. Thank you for posting

[@mrpete222]

Thank you very much, glad you liked it

[@bearsrodshop7067]

Soon I will have to get out all the Starrett ,Pexto, Brown & Sharp tools my grandfather left me. Now nearing 70, I best do this before loss of memory happens & my children will not come to appreciate,,Thx for sharing Pete.

[@danbreyfogle8486]

Seeing you and other machinists with Starrett led me to investigate my small collection of calipers. Several came from my father in law that spent 43 years as an electrician in a John Morrell packing plant. Our of the 5 that I have three are Starrett. All are well used and very corroded. They carry initials that were not my father in law and I suspect they were cast offs from old machinists. So they are now elevated in my mind as keepers. Great video.

[@mrpete222]

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[@kitmaira]

Love this. I have purchased many retired machinist’s tool boxes with their collections of tools. Love looking them up in the old catalogs and learning how they are used. I have a couple of vintage Gerstner boxes where I keep the cream of the crop. I may not use all of them, but it’s fun to play with them.

[@mrpete222]

Couldn't agree more!

[@davidharris6581]

I really enjoy tool centric videos. I especially enjoy when you reminisce. Particularly about your Dad, your brother and your youth.

[@mrpete222]

Thanks

[@mattymcsplatty5440]

Lyle, you sir a generous soul. love hearing about the wealth of knowledge u have. i suspect you are much more appreciated now than when u taught shop. i wish i had u as my teacher. love yr videos, very educational. Fasinating stuff!!!!!

[@mrpete222]

Thanks

[@bigray2859]

Mr. Pete I'm so proud of you! Planning ahead and making room for future carloads of auction tools! :-). Watching your videos makes us all smarter and hopefully better men and women. Thank you sir!

[@mrpete222]

Thank you very much

[@mooneyman7675]

That is a Universal Divider and Beam Compass no. 89. Thank you Tubalcain for all of your wonderful video's! I enjoy watching them, and finally got around to buying my first lathe and Bridgeport mill.

[@mrpete222]

Awesome, glad you got a Bridgeport

[@1889michaelcraig]

Every time I click on one of your Videos I give it an automatic Like. The thing is. You never let me down. Another good Video Mr pete.

[@mrpete222]

Thanks

[@scottvincent7666]

Same here

[@johnapel2856]

There were a couple of funky looking tools in this batch. Interesting. Thanks.

[@mrpete222]

Yes

[@wlwomack7794]

Mr. Pete, Another use for the no. 52 scale holder is to hold a scale while using a transit in the pattern/model shop for shooting in a tool (I have 2 of these that I’ve had for 35+ years)

[@slypig24]

Thank Lyle, I can never see to many Starrett tools. Love the rare and unique ones that we don't see too often.

[@mrpete222]

Yes

[@justastudentoftheworld3940]

As a quality inspector, I did a tour of the plant in Athol, (3 days). One of the things that I remember most is that the factory was built over the river, and the factory still used water power to run a lot of their equipment, ( huge belts running across the ceiling). Another thing was a 2 story section with a large 20 foot cylinder, they checked bore gauges for missile tubes on submarines.

[@mrpete222]

Thank you, that was interesting

[@nathanpickard5750]

Mr Pete, shame on you for not sharing what I think is probably the most important "tool" in your chest... ...the CHURCH KEY! I absolutely love these videos, it was interesting to see what odd balls you have that I still use from time to time. Even though I'm a young punk kid (not yet 40) I've been machining most of my life. I used to devour the Starrett catalog like other kids my age read comic books. Keep up the good work

[@mrpete222]

Thanks

[@ypaulbrown]

Hello Lyle, so cool at 7:16 , the little clamps for a rule....I have some and did not know what they are.....wish I still had my Starrett Catalogue....now I know, hope you and the Wife are doing marvelous, Paul from Orlando......

[@75Bird455]

Bad thing about having two monitors - I've got Mr. Pete on the left hand side, and a Starrett catalog on the right. Credit Card in hand. Thanks alot! Neat video, most of those items I had never seen before.

[@mrpete222]

Thanks

[@neilyeag]

I really enjoy these types of videos, makes me wish for so many of these tools just because! No real need for them just appreciate the form and function.

[@mrpete222]

Yes 👍👍

[@ActiveAtom]

Starrett and mr.pete are a true pair like one person. Printing is so must more affordable then even in 1999 know this from doing printing work of a company catalog. Your wife know you have those girly pictures in the shop? LOL. Starrett's hardening black finish is unique to their processes so of course we love it. Like the bearing slot measuring scale. Scribe's, drivers and pin vises for the jeweler watchmaker, we are listening here right now, hey are real nice.

[@mrpete222]

Thank you for watching. I am surprised to hear that printing is cheaper than ever. Yes, I like those stools. Keep watching

[@Ross_Dugan]

That is a Starrett Trammel. I have a set being shipped to me. Bought them 2 days ago on eBay Thanks for another great video.

[@mrpete222]

Yes thanks

[@leonardedgarsr2014]

Yep..also made by Brown and Sharpe in a very similar configuration...

[@raydirkin9107]

All the tools us diy collect over the years, thank you for sharing.

[@mrpete222]

Yes

[@hytekrednekbama4400]

Your 11'' ruler story reminds me of the dummies we had in carpentry class in the mid 90's while learning to read tape measures. So many did not get it. The test question, "how may sixteenths are in 1 inch?". 75% of the guys in that class with me got it wrong, with guesses like, "one, five, and eleven" Only a few understood why the teacher, Mr.Wright, would point and laugh at the students for those answers. Mr.Wright was an awesome carpentry teacher. He did not tolerate playing around, but he did make it fun and interesting for the guys willing to learn. They dont even have shop classes of any kind in that school now. What a shame.

[@mrpete222]

Sounds like he was a good teacher. I knew a lot of good shop teachers. Many of them far better than the academic teachers. But they never got any credit from the administration

[@rwallace1625]

Great video Mr. Pete! Thanks for all the great and useful content you provide

[@mrpete222]

Thanks

[@RagsdaleCreek]

Thanks for sharing all those great old tools . I have been collecting those dividers ever since i was in my Apprenticeship late '70. Awesome video 👍👍👍👍👍 Watching in Alabama

[@mrpete222]

Thanks

[@dianogle5208]

I bought a 270 taper gage last year. and boy is it handy, especially in measuring small slots, saw kerfs, etc.

[@mrpete222]

Yes

[@MrKidkiller159]

the older catalogs are great resources, cool stuff @mrpete222 exellent video sir.

[@mrpete222]

Thanks

[@cri8tor]

I need to make one of those little adjustable squares like the one your fingers were next to @22:14 in that little drawer of your toolbox. Always appreciate your videos. Cheers

[@mrpete222]

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[@leebarnhart831]

Very good Mr. Pete. You outdone yourself with this one. My crystal shows ma;y views.

[@mikekrening7327]

Mr. Peterson you always do nice job! Thanks

[@jimleonardson4268]

As a Starrett shareholder I don't mind you showing their catalog at all. Thanks for being a fan.

[@mrpete222]

Wish I had some of their stock too. And I don't just mean feeler gauge stock, LOL

[@hgbugalou]

Starrett tools are pure awesome. Such great quality. I only own a pin vice set from them, but I need to expand my collection

[@mrpete222]

Yes

[@hgbugalou]

@@mrpete222 I just ordered a couple of thier catalogs thanks to this video.

[@johnjohn-ed9qt]

I have used the 299 and the 289 many times. The 299 often with a 3" diemakers square rule to fit in a small recess (think boring a hole through a plate in a double wall tank on a ship and needing to measure to a framing member during a repair) and the 289 for reach-over measurements where the spacing needs to be right on to a raised center reference from the wrong side, like fitting or blanking some flanged valve setups. Many other ways, but thesemake it easy in the field.... Taper gauges are also real handy in the field. Well worth the $$$$$... Never had the need for a clearance gauge, though. Thanks for showing the collection.

[@mrpete222]

I'm glad you liked it

[@garyc5483]

Excellent. Love the tool shows. regards from the UK

[@mrpete222]

Thanks

[@derekhill3519]

Love Starrett Tools! If interested in some vintage Starrett tools, please watch some of my new unboxing videos!

[@ssboot5663]

THE girl who wanted a 12 inch ruler but couldnt find one is probably the wealthy owner or highly paid CEO person of some giant technology corporation today! LOL! Nice tools !There is something satisfying about seeing your love and admisration for good tools!

[@mrpete222]

Thanks

[@rodhenry4862]

Thanks Mr Pete, hopefully I will be able to purchase some items to fill in voids doing this home machining.

[@mrpete222]

Yes

[@amosdecarmo5970]

Up early again I see. Love to see and learn about the unique tools that you have. Hope to purchase some starrett tools when and if I have the funds. All I have right now are chineseum type. :) (But it gets the job done for me ) Waiting to watch part 5 of DA oscillating steam engine. Thank you Mr Pete Lyle for the videos.

[@mrpete222]

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[@christurley391]

Very nice collection. Thanks for the video.

[@mrpete222]

Thanks

[@bobjimenez4464]

you have a great collection of vintage tools....I've been looking for a good quality vernier bevel protractor but will probably have to settle for an imported made in china brand. Dear Santa, That tool maker's hammer with the magnifying glass would be nice to have. : )

[@mrpete222]

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[@CreaseysWorkshop]

I was reading GH Thomas' book last night and he mentioned that the scriber from a combination square was often used in the mill as a makeshift wobbler. They called it a 'Sticky Pin' and it was used by pressing the ball into a blob of putty on the mill chuck. It was then trued up as normal and used to align the spindle. Such a clever trick and probably the origin of the tool used so often which you also built in one of your other videos.

[@mrpete222]

Thank you for that. I had already planned for my next this on that video. To show a poor man was wobbler. It would consist of Clay and a Hat pin.

[@mrpete222]

Now I will expand that thought and use the scriber. Thank you for the idea

[@CreaseysWorkshop]

Wonderful! It’s exciting to be able to help in some small way.

[@georgeantonaros5580]

Fantastic Video !! 🤗

[@Paleoman]

First time viewer of your channel and I wish I knew about it sooner. Great video Very informative.

[@mrpete222]

Thanks and welcome

[@gabewhisen3446]

Mr Pete been waiting for a new show good to see ya I'll have to finish the video after work ,lunch is almost over dang it

[@mrpete222]

Thanks lol

[@ramsay19481]

Some years back I was threading barrel tenons for large ring 98 Mauser rifles.. Even though Mauser is a German rifle, they use 55 degree thread form on the tenon and inside of the receiver.. Every fish tale I had was for 60 degrees so I finally bought a Moore and Wright gauge which has both thread forms so that I could grind the proper angle on threading tools...

[@mrpete222]

Yes

[@majorpayne5289]

👍I gotta find one of those steel bench blocks. 🔫 Really like that! So much plastic junk out today. Made several different ones outta ebony wood. *(Here I go again w/ eBay) Thx Lyle!

[@ThePeach205]

I read a story that said that Starrett employees saw Mr. Starrett use a lens to place his center punch then use a hammer to strike. The employees buillt a hammer that incorporated a lens and presented it to Mr. Starrett.

[@mrpete222]

Good story

[@johnstrange6799]

The key seat clamps would make for a nice shop project. Thanks.

[@mrpete222]

Yes

[@bcbloc02]

So many tools!! My metrology department seems lacking after watching this.

[@mrpete222]

lol

[@Zrambo49]

Another great one. Very interesting.

[@a321mech]

The tool you describe as a divider around the 18 minute mark is called a steel beam trammel No. 251

[@jmegown52302]

Is it possible to date Starrett tools by the style/color pattern of box and/or label?

[@danicsmither8641]

Was that a coffee temperature gauge @ 2:49 ?

[@mrpete222]

lol

[@mattymcsplatty5440]

hahahahahaha

[@raymuttart5484]

Loved the video, Thank You.

[@mrpete222]

Thanks

[@robert574]

If you stay with a good ruler like Starrett, there is very little error in length. Take a pair of 18" calipers and measure the length of a 12" Starrett ruler. I have no problem putting them end to end other than a way to hold them or line them up. For layout over 12" I've used my 6" calipers and laid a 12" ruler on the end and marked the end of the ruler many times. I don't think I have ever seen that clamp you showed or even would have realized what it was for. Interesting.

[@mrpete222]

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[@ronaldkearn6368]

I love these videos. So informative! I would love to buy that 11 inch square. :-)

[@mrpete222]

lol

[@shawnhuk]

Remember when catalogues actually had prices.... 🙄 instead of having to chase them down for prices only to find out it’s wayyy too much for me to afford.

[@mrpete222]

I never did like it when there were separate price sheets

[@rodhenry4862]

Yes it's a real pain in the butt chasing prices!

[@shawnhuk]

Different price for everyone.

[@TheFalconJetDriver]

Lack of prices on things, I add that these companies have chased me off as a potential buyer of products when this is employed. I avoid supply houses for the same reason, if you can not provide a price on an item that I can see in your show room I am not doing business with you.

[@TheCreedBratton]

cool video. thanks for posting!

[@mrpete222]

Thanks

[@RRINTHESHOP]

Lots of great tools.

[@mrpete222]

Yes

[@Aubreykun]

I've got a small amount of starrett tools from (what I assume to be from the number of specialty tools) a clockmaker's toolbox which I got at the garage sale of an ex-antique store owner. Not all of it was in good shape - I have a "double depth of sharp threads" fishtail gauge which is in terrible condition, and after derusting it looks like it was made in the 1390s and not the 1930s. I also have the keyway clamps and the rule clamp. Given the small size of work the original owner must have done, he didn't have any rulers over 6" in the box besides some non-locking folding rules. So, I assume he must have used the clamp to make a "regular size" ruler when needed. A few weeks ago I also got a starrett No. 1 Wire Cutter in a toolbox of assorted things off craigslist. The woman who sold the box to me said the original owner would have been 120 years old if he were alive today. It's rare I find that stuff near me but when I do, the prices are usually so good I don't bother haggling.

[@mrpete222]

That sounds like an interesting toolbox

[@greghahn8498]

In the Starrett catalog #23, that is listed as the No. 89 Universal Divider, page 254.

[@mrpete222]

Thanks

[@AmateurRedneckWorkshop]

Another interesting video, thanks.

[@mrpete222]

Thanks

[@1693caterpillar]

No 82 looks like you would lay the straight side of the caliper in the depth of the key way you just cut, then you screw the bent end of the caliper with the adjusting screw against the apposite side of the shift. Then you read you measure between the gap of the flat of the point side to the curved end of the caliper to see weather the depth is to small or large. You have to remember there was a day that keyways were cut with a special cold chisel and I've seen done it in books. Could be wrong though and I hope there was no confusion here, for it's just a theory.

[@elsdp-4560]

THANK YOU...for sharing.

[@mrpete222]

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[@roscoepatternworks3471]

I must be old, I have most of those tools. For some reason working in a patternshop for 35 years, you accumulate a lot of tools.

[@mrpete222]

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[@alexandersagnella3056]

When are you selling the taper gauge?

[@joelmollenkopf3767]

Excellent Video Thanks

[@mrpete222]

Thanks

[@keithparady2594]

All kinds of good stuff

[@mrpete222]

Yes

[@anguskangus8222]

Where can I find a list of your tools for sale ? I am a Starret collector and am looking for a nice square set.

[@paultavres9830]

👍🏼👍🏼 for recognizing the fact that your father held a union card I think the kids now days are going to miss out on the importance of unionizing when its too late and have to start all over again When I am asked what a union does for workers I try to explain that it gives you a working contract that spells out your wages raises vacations and working conditions and hopefully most important your pension rights that the for fathers of your trade who were thinking of you tried to set up for you Our children will be working longer and longer into their old age before being able to retire 37 years in heavy duty truck trade and lucky to be able to be retired last 8 years with pension God bless those that gave theirs lives in a effort to organize workers rights

[@mrpete222]

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[@ianbertenshaw4350]

How much or Starrett is still made,in the U.S ?

[@mrpete222]

I do not know. But remember, Sterritt has factories in other countries

[@ianbertenshaw4350]

mrpete222 I know they used many factories world wide , i have a set of pin punches and a few other items from Starrett that were made in Scotland . Although the quality is still good it sort of looses the attraction of “ Made in the USA “ though - well it does for me anyhow !

[@douglaspierce316]

love the old tool most where .01 is close enough

[@Chlorate299]

Happiness is definitely high quality gauges.

[@mrpete222]

Yes

[@shawnhuk]

I also had to buy a Chinese set of small hole gages for a project because I can’t afford the starrett. I only have a couple starrett tools, and they’re beautiful. I’d really like just a simple starrett 230 mic, but again, they’re expensive. And shipping up here to Canada is atrocious. Can eBay a #230 for $50, but $50 shipping because of the Global shipping program....

[@mrpete222]

The cost of postage is the reason I do not sell on eBay outside of the USA. It is atrocious. And sometimes there is import duties

[@kevinwillis9126]

Thanks for sharing sir..

[@mrpete222]

Thanks

[@mealex303]

Did you see that gargantuan starret surface plate on aboms recent auction video #1 wow

[@mrpete222]

I did, he said it was in bad condition

[@mealex303]

@@mrpete222 I was just blown away with its size. It can be resurfaced tho right? Starrett have to doit tho

[@stevewatr]

Being a tool hoarder myself, I enjoyed this video a lot. Perhaps you could do a similar video featuring Brown & Sharpe ?

[@mrpete222]

Good idea, not sure I have enough of that brand to make a video

[@jenniferwhite6089]

very interested tool 13:40 think that be more accurate than using a calliper it is fixed and I very little chance that you could move it as to a calliper an, on a calliper you could have different people use it comes up 2 difference numbers as well had happen to me in order bearing like I had to take the bearing with me they did order the wrong one and I had to wait for a day to have the right one come in, was not a cheap bearing at all funning they have to some machines all the bears and shafts are different the serial no. had the last number different

[@SteveSummers]

I don't own a clearance gauge Lyle. I need to pick one up... know anyone who has one for sale?.😃 Great video

[@mrpete222]

I wish I had known that you did not have one. I would have given it to you. It sold on eBay two weeks ago. And you never did answer my comment on the optical comparator which I offered to give you

[@SteveSummers]

@@mrpete222 I'm sorry Lyle, I somehow didn't see your offer. I would have loved it. Not sure what the issue is. I seem to get some comments days after they are posted. Sometimes I dont get them at all. I hate to hear that. I don't have your email Lyle. Can you email me that way I can save yours. I have had several questions I would have loved to ask you but I have no direct link to you. [e-mail]

[@SteveSummers]

@@mrpete222 I have also been having issue with the YT notification system on you and several of my favorite YT guys. Sometimes I dont get notified when they post a new video. I think I get about 2 out of 3 of Adams videos. Drives me nuts.

[@mrpete222]

@@SteveSummers I get ZERO notifications--and I am subscribed to 150???

[@SteveSummers]

@@mrpete222 Yeah, mine seems to work sometimes. I get more notifications from the channels YT wants me to watch then the ones I really want and hit the bell on. Did you already get rid of the Optical comparator?

[@chrischapel9165]

In the Movie Godfather...when carlo and Luca got wacked using "music wire" ...did the gangsters use a starret wire gauge to select their wire for their use ? LOL

[@mrpete222]

lol

[@carver3419]

They probably cut it out of someone's piano. If your piano sounded funny, expect a hit soon.

[@mattymcsplatty5440]

@@carver3419 hahahahaha

[@lwoodt1]

What name do you sell under on Ebay ?

[@mrpete222]

Mrpete2. Nothing on there now

[@lwoodt1]

Ah , ok , thank you.

[@skeets6060]

Tubalcain,,,, where have I heard that before?

[@Razehell42]

Morning Videos! Hurahh!

[@docktorwho6051]

It would be much folly for L.S. Starrett to object to possibly their number one Fan Teacher and Machinist to use and refer to their catalog and tools in THE KZbin Shop Teacher and Edutainer video!!

[@mrpete222]

lol

[@coleenlofgren6385]

mr pete you always talk in neg, terms about your former students, (sad) . I enjoyed all my shop classes I had in school, I wish you could share a positive story about one of your former students. Thanks Mark

[@mrpete222]

That is because that is the funny part.

[@MrKidkiller159]

Coleen Lofgren most kids are just as @mrpete222 described.

[@WS-ij1fu]

Every shop teacher I've ever known were nervous wrecks at the end of the school day, after asking one why ? the answer was - there's always one, you don't know which one, but the minute you turn your back one of them will be trying to get himself killed in as a bizarre way as possible .Bet you a can of Coke that you can't stick your tongue on that chuck.fuck.

[@mikekrening7327]

Hey Mark! That's the entertaining part!

[@jballew2239]

I'm reasonably sure you'll find a "hermaphrodite" at a walmart, it just may not be as useful or benign as the caliper variant.

[@billlee5307]

Let us not forget S. S. Kresge which later morphed into KMart.

[@mrpete222]

I spent many an hours in that store

[@millomweb]

18:00 That's a trammel.

[@RichieCat4223]

That 11 inch rule story made me laugh.

[@mrpete222]

Thank you, and someone just said in the comments that I only talk about my students in a negative way so I have to stop telling stories like that.

[@RichieCat4223]

@@mrpete222 No Mr Pete stories like that are good. Remember there's never a stupid question. You, me and others have asked questions to find out, that's how you learn. Some would have said "Boy was that dumb" but who was the dummy ?

[@rodhenry4862]

Please Don't stop telling those stories, I remember shop class and they were some of my fondest memories, and yes I asked the DUH questions and I to did things to iritate the shop teacher, boy the stories Mr Rotella could tell today.

[@RichieCat4223]

@@rodhenry4862 You ever hear the skit Bill Cosby did years ago about putting a bullet in the furness ? In my metal shop it was done. lol.

[@rodhenry4862]

Yes I remember that skit! We threw in some .22 in the shop wood stove by accident, thank God we built this think out of 1/2 plate steel. Sure made lots of noise about scared the crap out of me!

[@othmanabas8431]

رائع شكرآ جزيلا

[@lucas_810]

That weird one is a Starrett 89a

[@mrpete222]

Yes

[@MrShobar]

When i was in school, I always wondered why the school district couldn't provide sharp hack saw blades or files. These items were always the dullest tools to be found anywhere in the civilized world (I thought). Much later it occurred to me that providing sharp tools to students would only mean that they would reduce their assigned project to a pile of dust in the course of a few class periods.

[@mrpete222]

lol

[@jeffryblackmon4846]

You resemble your dad a lot.

[@mrpete222]

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[@4SafetyTraining]

Good morning

[@mrpete222]

Is it cold up there? It's cold and nasty here

[@4SafetyTraining]

12-14" over night@@mrpete222

[@ramsay19481]

Universal Divider #89 Page 135 Catalog #17 Tool With 4" Beam & Center Point $1.75

[@mrpete222]

Thanks

[@Ross_Dugan]

#251 beam trammel

[@mrpete222]

Yes

[@russelallen5342]

I love tools, just need a bigger garage! I suppose at my age I should be getting rid of instead of obtaining. I have specialized tools that few will know what they are for when I'm gone.

[@mrpete222]

Yes thanks

[@stevearehart313]

I want the hat.

[@mrpete222]

lol