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Posted: 5/27/2016 9:27:01 AM EDT
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Posted: 5/27/2016 9:30:38 AM EDT
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Stencil them with different sized dick pics.
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Posted: 5/27/2016 9:34:32 AM EDT
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Some of the guys in our shop have used this product: http://www.toollodge.com/
It saves time from having to cut your own foam. The main disadvantages are you can't do two layer foam to get two tone color and if you drop something heavy enough on the foam it will indent it. But it's a lot easier to just lay out your tools and press them in than cutting foam. |
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Posted: 5/27/2016 9:36:11 AM EDT
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Some of the guys in our shop have used this product: http://www.toollodge.com/ It saves time from having to cut your own foam. The main disadvantages are you can't do two layer foam to get two tone color and if you drop something heavy enough on the foam it will indent it. But it's a lot easier to just lay out your tools and press them in than cutting foam. Interesting. I despise cutting foam. 
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Posted: 5/27/2016 9:38:47 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Interesting. I despise cutting foam. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Some of the guys in our shop have used this product: http://www.toollodge.com/ It saves time from having to cut your own foam. The main disadvantages are you can't do two layer foam to get two tone color and if you drop something heavy enough on the foam it will indent it. But it's a lot easier to just lay out your tools and press them in than cutting foam. Interesting. I despise cutting foam. Me too.  |
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Posted: 5/27/2016 9:55:10 AM EDT
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This thread interests me.
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Posted: 5/27/2016 9:56:35 AM EDT
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0-1 is usually just floating around where ever
rest of the set usually rides just as you show in your pic, or in the box they came with. Always in the tool box. |
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Posted: 5/27/2016 9:58:57 AM EDT
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I do what you're doing there. What's wrong with that? They don't move around in the box.
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Posted: 5/27/2016 10:06:51 AM EDT
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Any tips? I know there's always foam cut to fit, but I would like it to look good if I can. Any other ideas? What has ARFCOM's machinist done to keep them from moving around in my box? Here's what I'm working with, Brown&Sharpe 0"-6". <a href="http://s1341.photobucket.com/user/feedthatjones/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20160527_082105_zpsb5n9mfoq.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i1341.photobucket.com/albums/o745/feedthatjones/Mobile%20Uploads/20160527_082105_zpsb5n9mfoq.jpg</a> OMG OCD METER IS PEGGED>>>>> ABORT>>>>> ABORT>>> Line them all up smallest to largest, fill the remainder with other stuff. Looks a little crowded... I keep my indicator stuffs and mic's in two separate drawers. |
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Posted: 5/27/2016 10:17:48 AM EDT
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I do what you're doing there. What's wrong with that? They don't move around in the box. They bounce around when i move my box around. And i just want them alittle more secure. And my OCD likes an organized toolbox
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Posted: 5/27/2016 10:28:18 AM EDT
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0-1 is usually just floating around where ever
rest of the set usually rides just as you show in your pic, or in the box they came with. Always in the tool box. I was taught to keep the 0-1" in your shirt pocket so its at a pretty constant temp. |
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Posted: 5/27/2016 10:34:38 AM EDT
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I was taught to keep the 0-1" in your shirt pocket so its at a pretty constant temp. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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0-1 is usually just floating around where ever
rest of the set usually rides just as you show in your pic, or in the box they came with. Always in the tool box. I was taught to keep the 0-1" in your shirt pocket so its at a pretty constant temp.  Seems like a good way to drop them...and i was thought that you want to insulate them from body heat, which is why alot have plastic on the frame.
Of coarse my sarcasim meter may need to be calibrated... |
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Posted: 5/27/2016 10:40:24 AM EDT
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And that tool lodge stuff looks pretty interesting might try that...
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Posted: 5/27/2016 10:49:22 AM EDT
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A piece of UHMW that fits in the drawer, and a few minutes on the CNC.
Nothing sticks to or damages UHMW. Easy to clean. Just lay the tools out on the sheet & cut nests. |
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Posted: 5/27/2016 11:32:28 AM EDT
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I don't need to have a compliant tool box, so i just lay them in a general spot.
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Posted: 5/27/2016 11:34:20 AM EDT
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Seems like a good way to drop them...and i was thought that you want to insulate them from body heat, which is why alot have plastic on the frame.
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0-1 is usually just floating around where ever
rest of the set usually rides just as you show in your pic, or in the box they came with. Always in the tool box. I was taught to keep the 0-1" in your shirt pocket so its at a pretty constant temp. Seems like a good way to drop them...and i was thought that you want to insulate them from body heat, which is why alot have plastic on the frame.
Of coarse my sarcasim meter may need to be calibrated... This. My mic would be quickly rendered useless from hitting the floor. As for temperature... the temperature of the shop or pocket or drawer should be good enough for your mic. If the dimension is critical and thermal effects do apply, everything needs to soak in 68 deg temp for some time before calibration and measurment |
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Posted: 5/27/2016 11:42:41 AM EDT
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Organize? Ain't nobody got time fo dat.
Mine stay in their boxes or on the benches. |
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Posted: 5/27/2016 11:56:27 AM EDT
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I keep mine in their individual cases, which fit pretty well in one drawer of my top chest.
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Posted: 5/27/2016 12:01:45 PM EDT
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Organize? Ain't nobody got time fo dat. Mine stay in their boxes or on the benches. Pretty much the same for me. I have sets of shop mics at each machine, they all have cases but most of the time they are on the bench or being used. The inspection mics are always in the case. In my personal box I have inch and metric in their individual boxes in a drawer. Personally I don't care for the foam products. Most of them will absorb and retain moisture or break down after being exposed to oils. |
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Posted: 5/27/2016 12:12:00 PM EDT
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I have digital mitituyu ones in their original padded hard cases in a drawer
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Posted: 5/27/2016 1:09:56 PM EDT
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This. My mic would be quickly rendered useless from hitting the floor. As for temperature... the temperature of the shop or pocket or drawer should be good enough for your mic. If the dimension is critical and thermal effects do apply, everything needs to soak in 68 deg temp for some time before calibration and measurment Quote HistoryQuoted:
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0-1 is usually just floating around where ever
rest of the set usually rides just as you show in your pic, or in the box they came with. Always in the tool box. I was taught to keep the 0-1" in your shirt pocket so its at a pretty constant temp. Seems like a good way to drop them...and i was thought that you want to insulate them from body heat, which is why alot have plastic on the frame.
Of coarse my sarcasim meter may need to be calibrated... This. My mic would be quickly rendered useless from hitting the floor. As for temperature... the temperature of the shop or pocket or drawer should be good enough for your mic. If the dimension is critical and thermal effects do apply, everything needs to soak in 68 deg temp for some time before calibration and measurment I've carried micrometers in my shirt pocket for years and never dropped one because of it. You basically are putting the micrometer at a constant 95 degrees or so. I will admit that its probably a hold over from non-climate controlled shops 100 years ago, but it still works, unless you're doing jumping jacks. |
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Posted: 5/27/2016 1:11:46 PM EDT
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You need to post on GarageJournal.com not here. They are OCD about organization.
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Posted: 5/27/2016 1:13:07 PM EDT
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I've carried micrometers in my shirt pocket for years and never dropped one because of it. You basically are putting the micrometer at a constant 95 degrees or so. I will admit that its probably a hold over from non-climate controlled shops 100 years ago, but it still works, unless you're doing jumping jacks. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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0-1 is usually just floating around where ever
rest of the set usually rides just as you show in your pic, or in the box they came with. Always in the tool box. I was taught to keep the 0-1" in your shirt pocket so its at a pretty constant temp. Seems like a good way to drop them...and i was thought that you want to insulate them from body heat, which is why alot have plastic on the frame.
Of coarse my sarcasim meter may need to be calibrated... This. My mic would be quickly rendered useless from hitting the floor. As for temperature... the temperature of the shop or pocket or drawer should be good enough for your mic. If the dimension is critical and thermal effects do apply, everything needs to soak in 68 deg temp for some time before calibration and measurment I've carried micrometers in my shirt pocket for years and never dropped one because of it. You basically are putting the micrometer at a constant 95 degrees or so. I will admit that its probably a hold over from non-climate controlled shops 100 years ago, but it still works, unless you're doing jumping jacks. are you going to keep the part you are measuring in your shirt pocket too? |
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Posted: 5/27/2016 1:15:27 PM EDT
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All of mine are in their original Starrett boxes. Except for the ones
from WWII that I inherited from my Dad in his original box from Pearl. "We keep them fit to fight" 
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Posted: 5/27/2016 1:17:52 PM EDT
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Organize?
Oh, I run Swiss. I only need 0-1.
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Posted: 5/27/2016 7:20:26 PM EDT
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Posted: 5/27/2016 7:44:26 PM EDT
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Ahhhhhhhhhhhh
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Posted: 5/27/2016 7:50:39 PM EDT
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OP whats that a snap on box?
I worked in the toolmaking biz for a quite a few years, they laughed at anything less than a Kennedy or Gerstner box. |
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Posted: 5/27/2016 7:57:45 PM EDT
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This, except mine has the old school purple felt liner.
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Posted: 5/28/2016 1:24:12 AM EDT
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I keep mine in the original Starrett cardboard boxes but without the lids on. I've got the little boxes all wedged in the same drawer so they can't move around. I don't ever remove the boxes from the drawer, they would get beat up too bad. I tried to use that drawer liner stuff in the bottoms of my drawers like OP has, but I too found that tools will still move around on it.
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Posted: 5/28/2016 1:29:40 AM EDT
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OP fail. Buy a proper Kennedy tool box and get back to us.
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Posted: 5/28/2016 1:30:01 AM EDT
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Organize? Ain't nobody got time fo dat. Mine stay in their boxes or on the benches. Of course, they're clean and in good order and all, but this. |
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Posted: 5/28/2016 1:41:17 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: OP whats that a snap on box? I worked in the toolmaking biz for a quite a few years, they laughed at anything less than a Kennedy or Gerstner box. Way back when I was a noobie I was planning on buying a Gerstner chest. After eyeballing them I just couldn't bring myself to drop the coin. I looked at the Kennedy machinist chests and the drawers were so thin and small, some stuff I liked keeping in my top box just wouldn't fit. I ended up buying a nice ball bearing Craftsman mechanics chest. Has worked great for many years in various shops, with the exception of the casters. I ended up putting a set of kennedy casters on it. Have only ever had one person say anything about my bright red toolbox. It was a boss who liked things neat and organized and wanted everyone to have the same color Kennedy toolbox, to the point that he would pay for half of it. Another nice benefit is I've never had trouble finding my box in a row of toolboxes. |
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Posted: 5/28/2016 2:08:30 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Organize? Ain't nobody got time fo dat. It is interesting how different peoples minds work. I've only worked with 2 different people over the years whose toolbox and workspace always looked like a bomb had just gone off, that could turn out good quality work in a timely fashion. One of them in particular it would take me a half hour to clean off the bench after he went home, but I was always just amazed at the work he did. I learned a shit-load of stuff from him just trying to keep up. Personally I am pretty OCD. I can pretty much close my eyes and reach out and grab anything I need. Once I decide where I'm going to put something down, I always put it down in the same place, and if I do misplace something I just about have to stop what I'm doing and find it before my mind will let me move on. I've also worked in several shops where we did 6S and it was amazing how much less time would get wasted looking for blueprints, inspection tools, tooling, etc... |
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Posted: 5/28/2016 2:31:27 AM EDT
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Organize? Ain't nobody got time fo dat. Mine stay in their boxes or on the benches. |
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Posted: 5/28/2016 2:51:05 AM EDT
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They sit in the measuring tool drawer left to right in order from smallest to largest. I have Harbor freight calipers (6, 12 and 8"), tape measures, multimeters and two wooden rulers.
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Posted: 5/28/2016 3:01:41 AM EDT
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Way back when I was a noobie I was planning on buying a Gerstner chest. After eyeballing them I just couldn't bring myself to drop the coin. I looked at the Kennedy machinist chests and the drawers were so thin and small, some stuff I liked keeping in my top box just wouldn't fit. I ended up buying a nice ball bearing Craftsman mechanics chest. Has worked great for many years in various shops, with the exception of the casters. I ended up putting a set of kennedy casters on it. Have only ever had one person say anything about my bright red toolbox. It was a boss who liked things neat and organized and wanted everyone to have the same color Kennedy toolbox, to the point that he would pay for half of it. Another nice benefit is I've never had trouble finding my box in a row of toolboxes. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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OP whats that a snap on box? I worked in the toolmaking biz for a quite a few years, they laughed at anything less than a Kennedy or Gerstner box. Way back when I was a noobie I was planning on buying a Gerstner chest. After eyeballing them I just couldn't bring myself to drop the coin. I looked at the Kennedy machinist chests and the drawers were so thin and small, some stuff I liked keeping in my top box just wouldn't fit. I ended up buying a nice ball bearing Craftsman mechanics chest. Has worked great for many years in various shops, with the exception of the casters. I ended up putting a set of kennedy casters on it. Have only ever had one person say anything about my bright red toolbox. It was a boss who liked things neat and organized and wanted everyone to have the same color Kennedy toolbox, to the point that he would pay for half of it. Another nice benefit is I've never had trouble finding my box in a row of toolboxes. Should have bought a Kennedy. Mine has sat in my garage for over 10 years. It's 30 years old and works like new. |
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Posted: 5/28/2016 8:10:12 AM EDT
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I have the original boxes they came in, but they are pretty beat up (i bought the mic's used off a guy at work). Ive thought about finding one of the wooden cases and keeping it in the side locker on my box, or machining a tray out of a nice piece of hardwood then lining with felt or something. About boxes, i have never liked kennedy machinist boxes, i dont know why but just don't. Don't get me wrong they are very high quality, just not for me. If i was going to drop serious coin on a box it would be snap on or matco but i cant justify that kind of cost at this point in my life. Right now i have a Homak box, which is a little known and budget friendly brand. Ive been impressed so far in it considering i have just over 1k in the chest/locker combo from waiting for sales and specials on each piece. So far so good with it but only time will tell, i have had it about 4 years now. Heres a pic so yall can flame me over toolbox brand
Titty calender censored for CoC <a href="http://s1341.photobucket.com/user/feedthatjones/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20160528_072609_zpsyebp8vft.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i1341.photobucket.com/albums/o745/feedthatjones/Mobile%20Uploads/20160528_072609_zpsyebp8vft.jpg</a> What the fuck, dude? That's not a Kennedy box. What the fuck? |
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Posted: 5/28/2016 8:21:41 AM EDT
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What the fuck, dude? That's not a Kennedy box. What the fuck? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I have the original boxes they came in, but they are pretty beat up (i bought the mic's used off a guy at work). Ive thought about finding one of the wooden cases and keeping it in the side locker on my box, or machining a tray out of a nice piece of hardwood then lining with felt or something. About boxes, i have never liked kennedy machinist boxes, i dont know why but just don't. Don't get me wrong they are very high quality, just not for me. If i was going to drop serious coin on a box it would be snap on or matco but i cant justify that kind of cost at this point in my life. Right now i have a Homak box, which is a little known and budget friendly brand. Ive been impressed so far in it considering i have just over 1k in the chest/locker combo from waiting for sales and specials on each piece. So far so good with it but only time will tell, i have had it about 4 years now. Heres a pic so yall can flame me over toolbox brand
Titty calender censored for CoC <a href="http://s1341.photobucket.com/user/feedthatjones/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20160528_072609_zpsyebp8vft.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i1341.photobucket.com/albums/o745/feedthatjones/Mobile%20Uploads/20160528_072609_zpsyebp8vft.jpg</a> What the fuck, dude? That's not a Kennedy box. What the fuck?
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Posted: 5/28/2016 8:37:05 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryNo right angles....... and not enough space...... like nails on a chalkboard. |
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Posted: 5/28/2016 9:11:39 AM EDT
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Just toss all of them in one drawer of your red toolbox.
Not a machinist nor is my toolbox red. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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Posted: 5/28/2016 9:21:43 AM EDT
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This, except mine has the old school purple felt liner.
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51-WMfqjdkL._SX342_.jpg Yep. My Mitutoyos are in something similar. It does take up a bunch of room though. You'd think a group of machinist's would come up with an awesome solution, like how wrenches overlap each other but at a much steeper angle.
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Posted: 5/28/2016 9:50:47 AM EDT
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It is interesting how different peoples minds work. I've only worked with 2 different people over the years whose toolbox and workspace always looked like a bomb had just gone off, that could turn out good quality work in a timely fashion. One of them in particular it would take me a half hour to clean off the bench after he went home, but I was always just amazed at the work he did. I learned a shit-load of stuff from him just trying to keep up. Personally I am pretty OCD. I can pretty much close my eyes and reach out and grab anything I need. Once I decide where I'm going to put something down, I always put it down in the same place, and if I do misplace something I just about have to stop what I'm doing and find it before my mind will let me move on. I've also worked in several shops where we did 6S and it was amazing how much less time would get wasted looking for blueprints, inspection tools, tooling, etc... Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Organize? Ain't nobody got time fo dat. It is interesting how different peoples minds work. I've only worked with 2 different people over the years whose toolbox and workspace always looked like a bomb had just gone off, that could turn out good quality work in a timely fashion. One of them in particular it would take me a half hour to clean off the bench after he went home, but I was always just amazed at the work he did. I learned a shit-load of stuff from him just trying to keep up. Personally I am pretty OCD. I can pretty much close my eyes and reach out and grab anything I need. Once I decide where I'm going to put something down, I always put it down in the same place, and if I do misplace something I just about have to stop what I'm doing and find it before my mind will let me move on. I've also worked in several shops where we did 6S and it was amazing how much less time would get wasted looking for blueprints, inspection tools, tooling, etc... There's a happy medium. My bench is laid out orderly. Parts are in rows (on the rare occasion there's more than one.  ), Tools are laid on shop rags and in an organized manner.
But, my angle pieces are in a drawer. Not neatly lined up. My parallels get all mixed up. Sometime when there's a cut running, they'll get re-organized. And all kinds of things like that. I've seen guys who are the equivalent of the dude with every tool in his garage hung on peg board with an outline of the tool drawn. Every tool is spotless and perfectly placed. Box is furniture grade finish, waxed and polished. Those guys spend more time futzing with their stuff than getting work done. Same with a pipe smoker. My old boss refused to hire anyone who smoked a pipe cause they were constantly fucking around with it.
If I had employees, there would be a rule against smart phones being out on the clock. I see almost every guy in the shop fucking around on his phone. Yeah, you have a machine running. There's other shit that needs done and you're on my dime. Probably a reason I don't have employees.
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Posted: 5/28/2016 9:53:54 AM EDT
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Yep. My Mitutoyos are in something similar. It does take up a bunch of room though. You'd think a group of machinist's would come up with an awesome solution, like how wrenches overlap each other but at a much steeper angle. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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This, except mine has the old school purple felt liner.
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51-WMfqjdkL._SX342_.jpg Yep. My Mitutoyos are in something similar. It does take up a bunch of room though. You'd think a group of machinist's would come up with an awesome solution, like how wrenches overlap each other but at a much steeper angle. I was looking at my wrench rails the other day and had the same thought. |
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Posted: 5/28/2016 10:41:22 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Yep. My Mitutoyos are in something similar. It does take up a bunch of room though. You'd think a group of machinist's would come up with an awesome solution, like how wrenches overlap each other but at a much steeper angle. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: This, except mine has the old school purple felt liner. http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51-WMfqjdkL._SX342_.jpg Yep. My Mitutoyos are in something similar. It does take up a bunch of room though. You'd think a group of machinist's would come up with an awesome solution, like how wrenches overlap each other but at a much steeper angle. The sole reason for the bulky wood box is to prevent excess humidity from rusting your tools. This is why Gersterners were a thing back in the day. But, yeah, it takes up a shitload of space.
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Posted: 5/28/2016 10:45:08 AM EDT
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I have the original boxes they came in, but they are pretty beat up (i bought the mic's used off a guy at work). Ive thought about finding one of the wooden cases and keeping it in the side locker on my box, or machining a tray out of a nice piece of hardwood then lining with felt or something. About boxes, i have never liked kennedy machinist boxes, i dont know why but just don't. Don't get me wrong they are very high quality, just not for me. If i was going to drop serious coin on a box it would be snap on or matco but i cant justify that kind of cost at this point in my life. Right now i have a Homak box, which is a little known and budget friendly brand. Ive been impressed so far in it considering i have just over 1k in the chest/locker combo from waiting for sales and specials on each piece. So far so good with it but only time will tell, i have had it about 4 years now. Heres a pic so yall can flame me over toolbox brand
Titty calender censored for CoC <a href="http://s1341.photobucket.com/user/feedthatjones/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20160528_072609_zpsyebp8vft.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i1341.photobucket.com/albums/o745/feedthatjones/Mobile%20Uploads/20160528_072609_zpsyebp8vft.jpg</a> What the fuck, dude? That's not a Kennedy box. What the fuck?
I bet you have some Fowler mics hidden in one of those drawers, too. Don't ya? Off brand travel mics? Is your mighty mag even ground, bro? Do you even tooling ball, bro?
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Posted: 5/28/2016 10:47:14 AM EDT
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Yep. My Mitutoyos are in something similar. It does take up a bunch of room though. You'd think a group of machinist's would come up with an awesome solution, like how wrenches overlap each other but at a much steeper angle. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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This, except mine has the old school purple felt liner.
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51-WMfqjdkL._SX342_.jpg Yep. My Mitutoyos are in something similar. It does take up a bunch of room though. You'd think a group of machinist's would come up with an awesome solution, like how wrenches overlap each other but at a much steeper angle. The issue is you don't want them banging together or against anything else. Mics aren't exactly wrenches.....although I've seen some guys think they are some sort of C clamp. 
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Posted: 5/28/2016 10:48:13 AM EDT
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[I bet you have some Fowler mics hidden in one of those drawers, too. Don't ya? Off brand travel mics? Is your mighty mag even ground, bro? Do you even tooling ball, bro? Fowler makes decent stuff for the money. I do have Etalons, though. 
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Posted: 5/28/2016 10:53:06 AM EDT
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The sole reason for the bulky wood box is to prevent excess humidity from rusting your tools. This is why Gersterners were a thing back in the day. But, yeah, it takes up a shitload of space. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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This, except mine has the old school purple felt liner.
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51-WMfqjdkL._SX342_.jpg Yep. My Mitutoyos are in something similar. It does take up a bunch of room though. You'd think a group of machinist's would come up with an awesome solution, like how wrenches overlap each other but at a much steeper angle. The sole reason for the bulky wood box is to prevent excess humidity from rusting your tools. This is why Gersterners were a thing back in the day. But, yeah, it takes up a shitload of space. I worked with a dude that had the nastiest, greasiest, most half-broken-ass Gerstner top box that ever existed. He was a hell of a tool maker, too. That top box was a fucking train wreck with drawers. It looked like one of those ebay auctions where old school precision tooling is just piled up on a pallet. He used to have a Kennedy top box, but he has the dreaded rust fingers. He had to keep his mics in that Gerstner. None of the tool makers would let him touch their stuff. "You need to get the hell out of here with your hands. You're not touching my stuff." He caught shit for that almost daily. It sort of became the shop joke. Every now and then he would pull a little plastic part out of his mess of a box and say "What's this? Do you know how I made this mold? Can you tell me what's unique about this mold? Think before you talk, junior. You only get one guess. I made this mold from a part drawing. Slide rules, junior. Nothing but slide rules and educated guesses." That dude could make a surface grinder sing. He saved a few scrapped parts one afternoon. Holes were drilled in the wrong spot, it had the wrong draft angle, and another angle was cut wrong. He saved that piece, and wouldn't tell anyone how he did it. He kept the other tool makers guessing for weeks until they finally gave up.
The toolmakers were all butt hurt about it because they gave him shit, and the management did, too. When ever people came around to see how he was fixing it, he would throw a rag over the part and shoo them away like dogs. 
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I bet you have some Fowler mics hidden in one of those drawers, too. Don't ya? Off brand travel mics? Is your mighty mag even ground, bro? Do you even tooling ball, bro? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I have the original boxes they came in, but they are pretty beat up (i bought the mic's used off a guy at work). Ive thought about finding one of the wooden cases and keeping it in the side locker on my box, or machining a tray out of a nice piece of hardwood then lining with felt or something. About boxes, i have never liked kennedy machinist boxes, i dont know why but just don't. Don't get me wrong they are very high quality, just not for me. If i was going to drop serious coin on a box it would be snap on or matco but i cant justify that kind of cost at this point in my life. Right now i have a Homak box, which is a little known and budget friendly brand. Ive been impressed so far in it considering i have just over 1k in the chest/locker combo from waiting for sales and specials on each piece. So far so good with it but only time will tell, i have had it about 4 years now. Heres a pic so yall can flame me over toolbox brand
Titty calender censored for CoC <a href="http://s1341.photobucket.com/user/feedthatjones/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20160528_072609_zpsyebp8vft.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i1341.photobucket.com/albums/o745/feedthatjones/Mobile%20Uploads/20160528_072609_zpsyebp8vft.jpg</a> What the fuck, dude? That's not a Kennedy box. What the fuck?
I bet you have some Fowler mics hidden in one of those drawers, too. Don't ya? Off brand travel mics? Is your mighty mag even ground, bro? Do you even tooling ball, bro? If by off brand you mean Starrett, Mitutoyo, Brown&Sharpe, and Blake then yes... And i don't have a mighty mag anymore, but my Noga bases are ground on the bottom... Bro. Edit: I did get my first fowler tool yesterday, 18" dial calipers.
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