Chesterman Height Gage Repair

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In this video we do some functional repairs and light restoration including calibration of a beautiful old Chesterman Height gage sent to me by a friend in the UK. This wonderful old height gage has seen many years of shop use and has the patina to prove it. The unique triangular beam is one of the key design elements of the Chesterman height gage. The inch/metric instrument is quite lightweight for its size.
Snip credit from Jim Nicholson and the Stumperlowe Probus Club.
James Chesterman was born in 1792 and came to Sheffield in 1820 where he initially worked for Dixons as a powder flask maker. James died in 1867 and the business was taken over by his son William and a cousin: further success followed. The business continued to expand and build up a world-wide reputation for measuring tools and high precision equipment. In the 1990s the company was bought out by Stanley Tools but they were not interested in developing the precision side . 200 Years of tool making.

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@davidandrews8566 3 года назад

Hi Tom, I was born in Sheffield and we are very proud of our steel and tool making history. I thank you for honouring and recognising the people who used this tool over the years and for the restoration work you did. Greetings from the UK.

@oxtoolco 3 года назад

Hi David, You can almost feel the folks that used this tool. It was heavily used but cared for over the years. Thanks for the nice comment. Cheers, Tom

@mackk123 3 года назад

God bless you, exalt the steel makers, have as many kids as possible to extend your bloodlines.

@Da5idc 2 года назад

My Dad was a surveyor and had a few Rabone Chesterman tools and tape measures. Thanks for reviving the memory 😊😊

@Workshopfriend Год назад

Enjoyed your sensitive restoration. Thanks for sharing with us and to Alan for making it available to us all.

@billwilson7782 3 года назад

Tom having fun! Thanks for the show.

@walterbordett2023 3 года назад

We stand on the shoulders of the giants who went before us. There is a special pride in holding in our hands the tools they used to make quality useful things with their own skills and tools. Great video Tom. Thank you for sharing your tradecraft with all of us.

@davidrichardson376 3 года назад

My dad used his Chesterman every day at work in England. I was eighteen then and now I'm eighty-two and living in Australia. I can still remember the weight and feel of this beautiful instrument.

@robertpartsmade5832 3 года назад

Hi Tom , excellent as always , have a 24” Chesterman on the corner of my granite surface plate , purchased it in 2003 when Rover/BMW made us all redundant, we all had used it in the shop everyday and it very true how the corners rub of with use !! Now spending its twilight years helping with veteran motorcycle restoration ..... Regards Robert Partsmade 🇬🇧 ( as a foot note on the site closing down sale I and a work colleague bid on all of them and we bought 42 in total 12” right up to 48”, very sad paid little more than scrap weight for them some still boxed ☹️)

@serdiefgotreb 8 месяцев назад

You could help a new passionate machinist or in a hobby club by passing some of them. Nothing better for a tool than to be used with care!

@cliffordfender1159 3 года назад

Nice job Tom !! Thanks a bunch, Cliff

@TrevorDennis100 3 года назад

Tom: 'I measured the block, and it's a little bit long'. Reality: plus two microns. OK, being honest it was three tenths. Spot on for most of us. A country mile for Tom.

@outsidescrewball 3 года назад

The smile on your face like a proud papa at the video end was priceless!!

@brianevans1946 3 года назад

Wow man a tool to be treasured..

@WILFRED1184 3 года назад

No matter what trade you are in, the difference between a good tradesman and a great tradesman is the attention to detail. Great video and attention to detail as always!👍

@timelessengineering Год назад

G'day Tom this was an absolutely wonderful video and honouring to the toolmakers that made such great Sheffield tooling. I watch your videos because you are so passionate about what you do, your inspiration and your knowledge transfer. Thanks for everything Tom greatly appreciated.

@mfletch392 3 года назад

You my friend are a connoisseur of precision thanks for saving a British height guide

@RGSABloke 3 года назад

Hi Tom, nice to see the Knipex Pliers Wrench at 34:32, great job there. Kindest regards Joe.

@lapoint7603 3 года назад

A tool by itself is useless. It is the humans who use it that makes it valuable. This is one of my favorite videos. I'm glad to see that you acquired the necessary parts to get your CNC mill up and running. I have been craving more OXTOOLCO videos. Thanks!

@oxtoolco 3 года назад

Hi Anthony, Thanks for the nice comment. Cheers, Tom

@kingcrunch85 3 года назад

For the screw-holes: Stick a match in there backwards with a bit of wood glue, cut it off flush and drill a new hole. Works perfectly for this small stuff and i used this technique on several furniture restorations before.

@oxtoolco 3 года назад

Excellent! Just the tip I was looking for. Cheers, Tom

@PaulSteMarie 3 года назад

My grandfather taught me that trick, although with toothpicks, not matches.

@phrozenwun 3 года назад

golf tees for larger holes - just fyi.

@okiwatashi2349 3 года назад

That can’t be the way to do it! No indictating, no making a special one off tool to make a one off jig, what do think this is!

@PaulSteMarie 3 года назад

@@okiwatashi2349 It's wood elf techniques for dead tree carcasses, of course!

@OldIronMachineWorks 3 года назад

Tom, the 18,891 to watch this video and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I love your attitude when it comes to these old tools. There's just something about using a old tool that you know has many years of history behind it. Looking forward to the day we can all get together again. Gary

@devster52 3 года назад

Getting a close up look at that height gage and how it works was worth price of admission. Love these old tools.

@philmay7834 3 года назад

I wish I was as enthusiastic about anything as you are about all things mechanical. And sharing your enthusiasm and knowledge is a tribute to your strength of character. I’ll definitely be checking you out more now that I know about your channel. Later....

@timothyprochilo4840 3 года назад

Great stuff as usual Tom....😎😎

@Za7a7aZ 3 года назад

Just an incredible wonderful measure instrument..with such fine instruments the modern world is built in those days..

@jonnafry 3 года назад

I like your philosophy of retaining the tool's 'story' as much as possible. Well rounded and entertaining video as always. Thanks for your efforts.

@richardcurtis556 3 года назад

Lovely tool. Loving repair. Thank you for sharing!

@motor1395 3 года назад

Very nicely done Tom. Thanks!

@sblack48 3 года назад

Love that mill!

@TopGearFan29 3 года назад

I love having all different kinds of pleers too!

@jmew1922 3 года назад

ive had the exact height gauge for over 45 years and its never let me down (in old england)

@chrisstephens6673 3 года назад

I too have the same 369, also in Blighty.

@sharkrivermachine 3 года назад

Very nice tool. I love to use the tools that I got from my grandfather. He was a tool and die maker. I don't pick up one of his tools without thinking about him using them. Thanks for sharing.

@oxtoolco 3 года назад

Yeah that's the best part. Thinking about all those people that used the tool before you. Connects us with our past and with history. Cheers, Tom

@apachesmokemachining6487 3 года назад

Great video as always

@Smallathe 3 года назад

I love tool restoration - the kind that makes the tools work again... this is lovely!!!

@pamdemonia 3 года назад

What a lovely and subtle restoration! Absolutely beautiful.

@carlwhite8225 3 года назад

Tom, that is a neat old tool.Thanks for sharing.

@Thewatson77 3 года назад

Great piece 👍🏼 I love the patina just the way it is as well

@adkinsfabricationandthenso3488 3 года назад

Awesome tool and job Mr. Tom.

@Cws351 3 года назад

Many thanks Mr. Tom. Cws

@warbirdwf 3 года назад

Your decades of machinist experience is so visible. You made making that brass part on the lathe look so super easy. I just love the precision/accuracy of your work. Good camera work as well. Thanks for sharing your experience/expertise. I enjoy your channel.

@oxtoolco 3 года назад

Hi Bill, Thanks for the nice comment. Cheers, Tom

@1jtolvey 3 года назад

GREAT VIDEO !!!

@CraigLYoung 3 года назад

Thanks for sharing!

@jamesmorris3175 3 года назад

Great video. A little piece of matchstick wedged into the screwhole is a good way to tighten up old screws without having to faff about with epoxies.

@billdlv 3 года назад

Nice work Tom on a good old tool. It's rare to find tools that you can tell were well used, but not abused.

@nickp4793 11 месяцев назад

Awesome video! I am considering buying one of these on ebay because they are so pretty. They were also rebranded as Brown and Sharpe for the USA market.

@fredgenius 3 года назад

Nice! I love old British tools, greight to see this one restored and fully functional again.

@rootvalue 3 года назад

“Bozonic” is my new favorite word. A Lipton Custom! 😂 41:35

@sp1nrx 3 года назад

Is Bozonify a process we can use?

@weshowe51 3 года назад

@@sp1nrx Bozonification is a deceptive process... while simply screwing something up is easy, the highest heights of Bozonia are only reached through studied and careful misapplication of equine faculty and unsound judgement.

@Mishn0 3 года назад

Tom's idiom makes me think of the car guys I hung around with in Orange County in the early '80s.

@negumanezer 3 года назад

Bob's your uncle.

@corythomas4427 3 года назад

@@negumanezer I told the mid to late 20 year old kids of the owner at the last place I worked that phrase, while their uncle, named Bob, was there. Neither of the kids, the owner, or his brother knew what it meant. It's not funny if I have to explain it.

@joefalmo5528 3 года назад

Nice job Tom enjoyable to watch, I appreciate the attention to detail I think you did exactly what needed to be done. 👌

@tonypike5785 3 года назад

I like that video Mr. Tom, thanks

@krazziee2000 3 года назад

Good to see you again ,, Very nice tool and work there, Thanks for the video and lessons,,

@AmateurRedneckWorkshop 3 года назад

Great video very interesting. Thanks for taking the time to show this.

@dansquires2713 3 года назад

Your an inspiration to clumsy people allover the world. ;-)

@richardbennett6053 3 года назад

Tom must have a huge project going on I'm missing his videos, he's terrific, I hope to see more from him soon

@TomChame 3 года назад

Very nice, thanks.

@TheKnacklersWorkshop 3 года назад

Hi Tom, I like the Chesterman... it was very kind of Alan to send it to you. Take care Paul,,

@herbertsunday5913 3 года назад

Excellent video. Always enjoy your content

@randyhendrick3060 3 года назад

I think I have the same height gauge. Nice repair Tom

@jeffanderson1653 3 года назад

Using the Makino is cheating dood. Well done Tom. I enjoyed seeing this beautiful analog measuring instrument.

@RRINTHESHOP 3 года назад

Very nice tool, quite unique.

@josephwilson6651 3 года назад

I believe you are correct Tom, the patina says I am loved and respected will continue to be essential and beautiful

@phrozenwun 3 года назад

Very enjoyable to see you care for this little bit of history - I would have liked to see a little more on use (calibration, lapping etc), but all in all a very nice dive into that tool.

@machineshopatthebottomofth3213 3 года назад

Tom, I have the more modern version of this gauge that has a rack rather than a screw. Great tools. I love the script of the numbers.

@redordead3868 3 года назад

It was my first time watching tom and i enjoyed it so i subscribed. looking forward to learning from you.

@georgetapley776 3 года назад

Hey Tom, I absolutely loved this video! I have been following you for quite a while. I had thought that I was the only person who has used the term, "patina of use" I say that a lot. That height gauge you have is an amazing piece and I do love how you talked about the patina and how all the years of use, use by people who made a living from using this tool. To also say, I also work in a not so secret US research laboratory. A very long time ago, back in the 80's I had applied for a job, a machinist apprentice position at this research facility. Great channel and thank you!!

@cammo7014 3 года назад

I bought one of these from the tip shop for $10 Australian. They're beautifully designed and built

@billjohnson5793 3 года назад

Very cool

@wallbawden5511 3 года назад

Tom the screw driver you need is in a gunsmiths tool kit they come with a couple of those type screw drivers as some of the rifle scope mounts have those split type nuts hope this helps ps i like the way you explain things and show how to do the things you do inspires one to fix things

@danbreyfogle8486 3 года назад

I completely agree about the patina of use on a tool. In fact as you look at the device you start to wonder just how many projects were completed with it and what were those projects. Some may have been piddly little parts that had no great importance and yet there is every possibility that the parts were very significant either on a personal level or perhaps even significant on the world stage. I like the hooks, no you couldn't go to the hardware store and get them because all you would find is crappy die cut hooks that would bend the first time you used them, IMHO... Great video.

@domaves4043 3 года назад

Lovely job and lovely tool. P.s. as a Brit, for the love a sanity GO METRIC!

@jlkinsel 3 года назад

Hey Tom - another fun video to watch. Love your point-of-view on not doing a full restore. Reminds me of something from my (computer) industry that turns over technology so quickly - it's too bad there's no tools that get passed along like this. Any software I write will have little if any trace left in 5 years, not alone 50...

@PaulSteMarie 3 года назад

Nice hollow-ground screwdriver there. Whoever buggered the screw heads should have been using one like it. Is it shop-made or purchased? That little boring bar is adorable, too. Don't drop it in the chip pan or you'll never see it again! Parting off into a threaded hole is a good way to catapult your part into the next county. I did that with a steel part that was threaded to 1-12 and it hit something hard enough to put about an eighth inch divot in the solid steel. After that, I've always caught the part on a steel rod clamped in the tailstock chuck. I I don't care to risk my hands or my skull on luck going through that part.

@railgap 3 года назад

often called 'gunsmith's screwdrivers'

@FinnoUgricMachining 3 года назад

This is from my perspective one of the best videos You've made. We share the same type of respect for old tools. My last was a Steinmeyer 100-200 mm micrometer.

@oxtoolco 3 года назад

Thanks for the nice comment! cheers, Tom

@Gottenhimfella 3 года назад

@@oxtoolco I have one of those, and I had to refurb it much as you did. It's a nice piece, for sure. One design feature I don't think you mentioned: the diamond profile beam provides an excellent opportunity to eliminate parallax error from the vernier scale, by configuring it to taper down to a knife edge. This means that the two graduated scales meet at a single edge, instead of being offset from each other.

@samrodian919 3 года назад

Hi Tom, a very nice repair in the sympathetic restoration mode, I have the exact same gauge. Notice I spelt it correctly as it's an English tool lol mine is in a not so worn state, but has some little rust stains that I tried to get off sympathetically without scrubbing the balls off of it . I used oil and wire wool, they still show the shadow, but it's clean and oiled regularly and above all used and LOVED ! Greetings from good old England.

@docokd7oco443 3 года назад

I like it!👍

@BajaBill7 3 года назад

The gauge block is oversize in the sunny States. In Sheffield, it's usually brassic - 'It's grim up north!' - so would measure right!

@craigs5212 3 года назад

Nice video Tom, thanks. The problem with going to the store these days to buy the latches, they would be poorly de-burred steel, lacquered over .5 microns of plated brass, rusting in short order. They should outlaw the term "brass colored". You need to tell us about your CNC machine.

@Gottenhimfella 3 года назад

Yes, and yes indeed.

@elanman608 3 года назад

The gauge does have some age on it as Chesterman merged with Rabone (precision rule and level makers) in 1963 and were there after known as Rabone Chesterman.

@ronslaughterandalice1018 3 года назад

I really like that Height Gage , it appears to be a cross between a height master and height gage and still has the base where you can check squareness of an object on the surface plate.

@doyouwanttofuk 3 года назад

I have that same gauge work was tossing it out, such great quality. Tho because it starts so high I don't use it hardly ever, most only need 5-10mm

@bcbloc02 3 года назад

The shop favorite deserves to live on the granite plate not in a box. :-)

@dauber1828 3 года назад

Thanks Tom for another great video All I have to say is Meatloaf

@ChrisHindy 3 года назад

Does the appearance of the printing press handwheel bode the coming of more printing press videos? Tune in to find out...

@nicholasmcintyre4166 3 года назад

The school I'm going to at the moment has this exact hight gauge and iv been bugging my teacher to give/sell it to me because they don't use it. I found it in a box at the back of the class buried under empty boxes. Hopefully I can take it home and restore it as well.

@Dudleymiddleton 3 года назад

14:36 Has to be a contender for chip of the week/month for that brass!

@Asaadomar 3 года назад

Enjoyed the video. I would like to see guts of the device more closeups of the scale and half nuts. Thanks for sharing

@farmalltomf 3 года назад

Blue Moly....................Boomer's lubricant of choice! Well Played Tom. Nice commentary and great work!

@1crazypj 3 года назад

The height gauge is in incredibly good condition for it's age. It must be pretty old as it's rare to see Chesterman without Rabone in friont of it (I have few items from 1970's marked Rabone-Chesterman)

@MartinE63 3 года назад

Got the exact same model in my workshop, just in a black painted box. No idea of age but would guess some time in the 1960’s

@tced2858 3 года назад

Hey Tom, I have a couple of extra threading gauges laying around, I can send one your way if you need one... ;)...great video as always, love the height gauge..!!

@oxtoolco 3 года назад

Hey Tc. I have plenty. Just didn't have one at my fingertips at that moment. I always look a the number before I start threading so I know when I have to start paying attention. Cheers, Tom

@fpoastro 3 года назад

Toothpicks or a couple golf tees and some glue are your friend with loose screws in wood.

@oxtoolco 3 года назад

Golf tees. That's a good one. I'll have to get a handful of those for this kind of thing. Cheers, Tom

@fpoastro 3 года назад

@@oxtoolco I dont golf, but usually a ziploc bag of tees at the fleamarket will last me a lifetime. Also try to keep a jar of fat round toothpicks in the shop for the same reason. But Im a wood fool. As much abuse as those $50 hook and screw latches you made will see anything will probably work.

@ivasi1135 3 года назад

Шикарный штангенрейсмус.

@lesbender236 3 года назад

You too, have the patina from use

@yosmith1 3 года назад

I like your new intro

@coreyriggle 3 года назад

I have one of these, got it for $20 at a Brooklyn street market.

@lunkydog 3 года назад

I bought a Chesterman from a pawn shop for $80 around 2005. Amazing smooth quality feel and beautiful satin chrome. No box unfortunately.

@davewilliams6172 3 года назад

get some practice on your woodworking skills and make a box....you know it makes sense

@lunkydog 3 года назад

@@davewilliams6172 Honestly it hadn't even occurred to me until I saw this. I've got a large enough 2 ledge Starrett pink granite surface plate to just leave it out.

@Randallvgc 3 года назад

“Bozonic” Have not heard that one before, I like it!

@dainius4168 3 года назад

41:40 not only are we machining with Tom Lipton, we are also dabbling a little bit in particle physics 😆

@wolfy9005 3 года назад

Could always set up a magnetic chuck and grind the slots? Viable if you had 100s to do as well I think, the beauty of the circle etc etc

@Joe___R 3 года назад

Instead of needing a custom wrench to tighten the old slotted nut you could have just used a spanner wrench and you can still use one to tighten the new one.

@kevinreardon2558 3 года назад

Love to drop by to visit, but this COVID-19 had me confined. Wrong age group, wrong health condition.

@samueltaylor4989 3 года назад

If you ever need to fill a screw hole to re drill one, just get a toothpick and some wood glue. Very nice Height Gauge!

@donho1776 3 года назад

You don't need to fill the latch screw holes with epoxy. A couple or three wood slivers with glue ( I use small tooth picks) will pack the screw hole enough to get a tight fit on the screw which should last longer than the rest of the case.