Hi, I hope someone can point me in the right direction. My Dad did government work (exclusively metals) from mid-1950 to 1976. His toolbox is intact, including microthin shims, all stuff for close tolerance work. He took immaculate care of his stuff, no rust or corrosion. Any advice as to who could give this stuff a good home for a good price? my email *. thank you!
Not too much left in mine now, but I would willing GIVE mine to a young apprentice just starting out in the trade.
I'm sure he would Adeline, but just make sure it's not some shyster who will flog it as soon as he's got his mitts on it. I really feel sorry for any youngster starting out in any trade nowadays.
My brother in law was a master carpenter in a stately home and one of the big tool makers shot their then new catalogue in his workshop and left him all the tools afterwards, he used to give them out to his apprentices when they did well.
Hi Adeline, It's usually not recommended to post email on an public site like this, might be best to remove it and Google for Engineering forums and pick one that has a private message option so initial contact will be through the site with a registered member. Like most tradesmen I do hope my stuff will get passed onto someone who will use it.
1950's --- 1970's measurement tools, are they imperial or metric, do they have dual digital readout and are they calibrated tools if not try fleabay.
Good point Astramax 15/32" or 15thou aint gonna mean a lot to today's kids. Best bet might be to try a museum like those ones that specialise in old crafts.
I emailed the lady to avise her not to put her address on sites such as this......She's in the U.S., so it won't matter if they are imperial .