Scholastica
``Karen Kandoo``
Reged: 09/21/03
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Loc: Brooklyn, NY
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I'm cleaning out my tool closet  . Most of my tools came from a home that I helped clean out. The person who owned them was a lathe and metal worker (came to the U.S. c. 1910). He was also a very gifted wood carver and did ships in bottles! I found these "things" amongst the rubble and kept them because I liked the box.  I'm curious as to what they are AND if anyone can use them, I'd be happy to send them to you. I hate to throw out things that can still be used.
Note: I don't think the contents match the box label because some of the sticks are marked Norton Abrassives.
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CabinConnection
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Simonds history. An interesting read.
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DonkeyDave
Reged: 12/12/03
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I think they look like sharpening stones. That box is neat. I'll bet it's collectible.
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Scholastica
``Karen Kandoo``
Reged: 09/21/03
Posts: 1574
Loc: Brooklyn, NY
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We found LOTS of dies/taps - hard steel - that we had to get rid of. It would have been impossible to find anyone who would want such an odd sort. I have anvils of different sizes (the things that got heated up in a fire) and HUGE metal cutting shears. I HAD lots of odd nuts/bolts (imagine your shop being liquidated) but kept ones I thought might come in use - or were really odd. Like the HUGE "diaper" pins....which I later learned were used to hang metal sheets!
Just found this... Lathe Worker - You Tube I'd been wondering what the heck a lathe worker did (make tools?). I wonder what the connection is between a wooden lathe and the lathe that this man would have worked on.
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Edited by Scholastica (01/31/10 06:59 PM)
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DonkeyDave
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OMG, that's just like the movies I used to make but instead of rock music there was a narrator talking about speeds and feeds, finishes and carbide grades. UGH.
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Scholastica
``Karen Kandoo``
Reged: 09/21/03
Posts: 1574
Loc: Brooklyn, NY
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How cool is that! I wondered what types of films you had made (you'd told me you were a camera man). Never having thought about it before, I didn't realize metal was shaped using a lathe. This man was extremely talented. I have an article with a picture of him in front of one of the "ships in a bottle" he'd made. He'd made a chain of solid wood - a yard long - without ANY breaks in it. It was like one of those puzzles that you just keep looking for the "trick".
Wish I could see those videos you made. I love learning about the old hand tools. The work that went into buildings, etc. - cathedrals!. I think I should look for a book on the history of tools.
Wonder if JasonB would have any use for these? (Metal working)
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bozodog
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I believe those are polishing stones for the tool and die industry. They are used for de-burring and finishing dies used in all sorts of presses and injection molding...
My dear, departed step-dad was a tool maker. He had a large collection of stones, all different sizes, shapes, and grits. I still have some stored away...
Don't have them stored in a neat, old box like that, though.
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Scholastica
``Karen Kandoo``
Reged: 09/21/03
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Loc: Brooklyn, NY
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I thought that's what those pieces were for originally. I hadn't thought of polishing though - nor that there would be different grits of stones! Makes sense when I think about it. Wasn't sure if they still had a use today though. I already through out the dental picks having NO IDEA why they were in with the tools!! I also parted with a lot of ... hardware (caps, connectors, ????) that I could not imagine ever using. I thought a jig was just an Irish dance!!
I'm so glad I'm not the only one that likes boxes like that!!! Just too much clutter - I'm in an apartment and have a tool CLOSET. And need to make some room for my new tools....which aren't at all pretty!!!
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Edited by Scholastica (02/01/10 08:07 AM)
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Just_Bill
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Me too. I thought it was a chess piece. That guy is GOOD.
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DonkeyDave
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Since no one else has asked, well, I'm not sure if I'd use any of them but I have a shelf in my shop just for old tools. 
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