Rummaging through some drawers

[Micael]

I’m at my parent’s house and was looking for something, and I always tend to find fun stuff I wasn’t looking for. My engineer dad has accumulated various items related to that career, and I found these two items this time around: Li

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Anyone recognize what they are?

[Pdf27]

Feeler gauges, metric vernier and slide rule.

[kdahm]

A Moore & Wright 1" micrometer. Can read thicknesses or diameters to 0.001". It looks like it has a clip on it so that you can set it to where the thickness should be, then when you turn the stem you can get a quick look without having to read the numbers.

The thing with all of the toothed leaves on top is a thread pitch gauge. If a bolt or something has an unknown thread, just go through the leaves until the teeth match up. Given that it is an English set, it may be 60 deg UNC/UNF or it may be 55 deg Whitworth. Need to see the side to be sure.

Can't tell on the other two. They may also be thread gauges, or they could be thickness gauges. From the markings, one is metric and the other English. On second look, and the shape of the shown leaf, the Metric one looks more like a thread gauge.

Under the micrometer on the left side of the picture, there is something else. I can't tell whether it's a micrometer accessory or something else.

The bottom picture is indeed a slide rule. Looks like it's in good condition, with very little yellowing. I can't see the brand, but I think I have one of those from my dad.

[Craiglxviii]

Nice! A 1” Moore & Wright micrometer, with ratchet drive. Lovely. I have an identical one here! Satin finish I trust? Keep it well oiled!

[Micael]

A Moore & Wright 1" micrometer. Can read thicknesses or diameters to 0.001". It looks like it has a clip on it so that you can set it to where the thickness should be, then when you turn the stem you can get a quick look without having to read the numbers.

The thing with all of the toothed leaves on top is a thread pitch gauge. If a bolt or something has an unknown thread, just go through the leaves until the teeth match up. Given that it is an English set, it may be 60 deg UNC/UNF or it may be 55 deg Whitworth. Need to see the side to be sure.

Can't tell on the other two. They may also be thread gauges, or they could be thickness gauges. From the markings, one is metric and the other English. On second look, and the shape of the shown leaf, the Metric one looks more like a thread gauge.

Under the micrometer on the left side of the picture, there is something else. I can't tell whether it's a micrometer accessory or something else.

The bottom picture is indeed a slide rule. Looks like it's in good condition, with very little yellowing. I can't see the brand, but I think I have one of those from my dad.

Yep, pretty nice old micrometer. It does say Whitworth on the thread pitch gauge. The final piece is some unrelated item that found its way into the box, since it says Made in Sweden on it. I’ll see if I can dig out the box again tomorrow and post some better photos.

The slide rule is a Faber-Castell Duplex. As I recall this was the main one he used to use at work, I believe he has a slightly smaller model lying around somewhere as well.

[Micael]

Nice! A 1” Moore & Wright micrometer, with ratchet drive. Lovely. I have an identical one here! Satin finish I trust? Keep it well oiled!

Hey that’s cool! Popular ones back in the day? I believe it is satin finish. It’s been kept pretty nice, I’ll try and keep it that way.

[Craiglxviii]

Nice! A 1” Moore & Wright micrometer, with ratchet drive. Lovely. I have an identical one here! Satin finish I trust? Keep it well oiled!

Hey that’s cool! Popular ones back in the day? I believe it is satin finish. It’s been kept pretty nice, I’ll try and keep it that way.

You just need a nice little toolmaker’s centre lathe to go along with it now…

[Micael]

Nice! A 1” Moore & Wright micrometer, with ratchet drive. Lovely. I have an identical one here! Satin finish I trust? Keep it well oiled!

Hey that’s cool! Popular ones back in the day? I believe it is satin finish. It’s been kept pretty nice, I’ll try and keep it that way.

You just need a nice little toolmaker’s centre lathe to go along with it now…

Don’t tempt me.

Here’s an additional photo of the thread pitch gauges and such. Plus another thing I found, it’s got subtraction on the opposite side.

[Craiglxviii]

A 965M… my Dad’s micro meter is a 965- he bought it in his first week on the tools. He couldn’t afford the ratchet (M)!

Those thread gauges look identical to the ones in his toolbox…

As for the lathe, what are you waiting for? I’m clearing the garage out ready for mine!

[Micael]

A 965M… my Dad’s micro meter is a 965- he bought it in his first week on the tools. He couldn’t afford the ratchet (M)!

Those thread gauges look identical to the ones in his toolbox…

As for the lathe, what are you waiting for? I’m clearing the garage out ready for mine!

My dad worked for a couple of years as a machinist/lathe operator before studying engineering. I think that this may date from that.

Well I need to free up some space and time to make it happen, but some day!

[jemhouston]

Micael don't wait too long to do it. My Mom always wanted to travel, Dad less so. The year she finally convinced him to stop working during part time and travel was the same year she had her stroke. That stopped the travel idea.

One reason I retired so I could travel. I just need to get more done while it's scorching.

[Micael]

Micael don't wait too long to do it. My Mom always wanted to travel, Dad less so. The year she finally convinced him to stop working during part time and travel was the same year she had her stroke. That stopped the travel idea.

One reason I retired so I could travel. I just need to get more done while it's scorching.

Yeah that’s one aspect, I try to get what I can done while there’s still time but there’s multiple things that meed attention so I have to balance it for now. Hope you’re enjoying traveling!

[jemhouston]

Did the Big Bend bucket trip last year. If you get a chance go see it.

This year's trip to Flagstaff AZ for Overland Expo, Grand Canyon RR to the Grand Canyon to Phoenix to Tucson Pima Air & Space got derailed at Overland Expo. The Expo was at Ft. Tuthill Park. Beautiful place, tall pine trees, light breeze, and cool. Five minutes of arrival, I was hit with an allergy attack that watered my eyes so badly I couldn't see anything. Got my eyes washed out, could see well enough to take the bus back to my Honda. Managed to walked to get Benadryl, eyes back to normal. Since I would be spending most of the week among those trees, canceled the rest of the trip.

Will do it again later in the year. I didn't have any trouble in Flagstaff until I hit the park.

Trip to the Las Vegas and the north side of the Grand Canyon has changed since I think the lodge on that side burned down.

[Micael]

Did the Big Bend bucket trip last year. If you get a chance go see it.

This year's trip to Flagstaff AZ for Overland Expo, Grand Canyon RR to the Grand Canyon to Phoenix to Tucson Pima Air & Space got derailed at Overland Expo. The Expo was at Ft. Tuthill Park. Beautiful place, tall pine trees, light breeze, and cool. Five minutes of arrival, I was hit with an allergy attack that watered my eyes so badly I couldn't see anything. Got my eyes washed out, could see well enough to take the bus back to my Honda. Managed to walked to get Benadryl, eyes back to normal. Since I would be spending most of the week among those trees, canceled the rest of the trip.

Will do it again later in the year. I didn't have any trouble in Flagstaff until I hit the park.

Trip to the Las Vegas and the north side of the Grand Canyon has changed since I think the lodge on that side burned down.

That is neat, I’ve been to some of those places but not Big Bend (or indeed anything in Texas except the northernmost part). Pity with this year’s trip, but there’s more places an opportunities for experiences ahead.

[jemhouston]

I stayed at the Chisos Basin Lodge, built by the WPA, no in room telephones, Wi-Fi, or TV. There was Wi-Fi in the restaurant. I have Verizon cell, no service. Some time this fall, it's closing remodeling this fall (it was supposed happen in the spring). That's the only in park lodge.

The whole park is a dark sky area.

Planning a second visit, this time in the fall.

[FLW]

Wow, nice find! Haven't used a slide rule since High School, over 50 years ago.

[Johnnie Lyle]

Micael don't wait too long to do it. My Mom always wanted to travel, Dad less so. The year she finally convinced him to stop working during part time and travel was the same year she had her stroke. That stopped the travel idea.

One reason I retired so I could travel. I just need to get more done while it's scorching.

I’m going to disagree very strenuously here. One of my grad school classmates did a deep dive into pension records and found that the leading killer of retirees was retiring. The bucket list was expended pretty quickly, and they ended up sundowning, devoid of purpose once the bucket list was exhausted.

If you’re going to retire, you have to view it as transitioning from working because you have to into working for things you want to do.

[jemhouston]

I have some ground truth on that. A number of people I worked with at JSC retired in the 70s, six months later, they died.

I'm still working through the scanning of old photos project. I thought I was done with phase 1 (scanning) and after a break move to phase 2 (sorting / organizing). I found more slides and photos.

I'm also doing some craft projects.

[Belushi TD]

My dad retired in 1999 at the age of 69. The original plan was for Mom to pack him a lunch every day, and he would go into the basement and clean/organize it, 5 days a week, until the job was done.

Health problems nixed the idea, as well as the idea of the travelling they were going to do. Dad did hang on until 2007, but it was not great.

His issue was untreated diabetes from 1980 on, causing renal failure and a transplant. The anti rejection meds changed his personality a great deal.

Its not just making sure you have a plan for retirement, its also that you need to take care of yourself.

Belushi TD

[Micael]

Found an original TI-30 calculator. They had more style back then.