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<p>[QUOTE="springfld.arsenal, post: 353514, member: 54"]Got a few fiberglass tubs, about 2’x4’x18”, containing 200 lbs ea “hardware.” From photos it looked like there might be some stuff useful to machinists. It looks like the discards from a place that had many manual machine tools and suddenly converted to computer-controlled machine tools. So all the old triangles, parallels, micrometer bodies, etc. went into these tubs with other tooling and fixtures. It’ll take me a day to sort it, usable machining setup devices vs. less useful steel objects of various descriptions. It was interesting to note that all of the triangles were “shop made” as opposed to items purchased from instrument makers. The machinists who made them put their names or initials on the pieces, it appears, haven’t looked at any of it very close yet.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]120149[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]120150[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="springfld.arsenal, post: 353514, member: 54"]Got a few fiberglass tubs, about 2’x4’x18”, containing 200 lbs ea “hardware.” From photos it looked like there might be some stuff useful to machinists. It looks like the discards from a place that had many manual machine tools and suddenly converted to computer-controlled machine tools. So all the old triangles, parallels, micrometer bodies, etc. went into these tubs with other tooling and fixtures. It’ll take me a day to sort it, usable machining setup devices vs. less useful steel objects of various descriptions. It was interesting to note that all of the triangles were “shop made” as opposed to items purchased from instrument makers. The machinists who made them put their names or initials on the pieces, it appears, haven’t looked at any of it very close yet. [ATTACH=full]120149[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]120150[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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