Find all my videos, by google searching erroll.groff@snet.net Tubalcain takes you on a tour of his 4 Kennedy toolboxes-drawer by drawer. This tour will be presented in 4 parts for a total of 105 minutes.
I have so many multiples of tools, it does not take long to find one. I have 10 million fasteners--if I drop one I don't even stoop over, just get another from the drawer. Thats how I handle those frustrations. pete
I recently was given my grandfathers Kennedy tool boxes and tools when my grandmother sold her house. After reading about machining some, I discovered your videos. You, along with other youtubers and several friends, have inspired me to pursue an education, at least, and perhaps a career in machining. Thank you for opening my eyes to a vocation I hadn't previously thought much about, and for helping to save my back and joints as I'm currently a carpenter and welder. Even if I don't end up machining for a living, it will always be one more tool in my mental tool bag to fall back on, as people can take everything from you except for your education. Thanks again. ~ Jake
jakesnake98, Very smart. Trades are in demand because everyone seems to go to college. It's very smart to be looking out for your body too. Arthritis sucks :(
Hell son, I'm 61 yrs young. Been working in and around machine shop since 1974 and I still learn new things and remember things long forgotten nearly every time I watch one of Mr. Pete's vids. Not many of his kind around anymore. Mr. Pete THANK YOU. You will be remember and greatly missed long long after your gone. Again thank you, may you live too at least to 120.
Hi Pete 13:21 is one of a set of "key seat rule clamps" Starrett # 298 is the set I have! I'm trully enjoying my coffee this morning thanks for starting your box series! ;{)-----
Hello, Mr. Pete. My grandfather was an inventor and machinist. Among his inventions was the inside/outside micrometer and also the Frey All Angle Milling machine. I only met him a couple of times before he died and now-as I am coming up on 60 I find my interest turning to machining. I've often wished granddad was still alive to teach me-your videos are filling that void-thank you.
Thanks for the tour! I found your channel about a week ago, and I've watched about thirty of your videos so far. I've learned something useful from every one. Great toolbox. I was thinking I had a lot of tools, now I'm thinking I don't have nearly enough! I share your love of Starrett tools, they are in a class by themselves. Well, time for part two!
I certainly share your passion for tools. I have machinists tools, electricians tools, electronics tools, test equipment, lathes, welders, gun smithing tools, automotive tools you name it. Many I use occasionally, some all the time, a few only once in a blue moon. But I have them if I need them. Recently, I have been keeping an eye out on ebay and elsewhere for older vintage electronics test equipment. It is all interesting. I always laugh when someone says they are bored. I am NEVER bored!
This video series bring back very fond memories of my grandfather showing me his tools(he was a carpenter/man of all trades) and looking through all the shelves and bins of his work shop. I was always in awe of how he could fabricate and fix anything. Thanks for the videos
Thanks for the visit, you are awesome .I have some interesting tools & stories myself. 55 & machining well over 35 yrs. One can never know it all about machining
Wonderful tour! I gotta admit I love your "drawers". In my 63 years on this earth that is the first time I have ever said that to a guy. ;^) Looking forward to the next video as always. Now I have got to go look up the tools you showed that I did not know.. Thank you!
thanks for this video! I inherited a pile of cool old tools, and didn't know what two of them were. Turns out you told me in this video! Screw starters and center punches for door hinges. Not only fascinating, but educational too!
thanks so much for the upload!! you cannot go wrong with starret tools no matter how many you have they have stood the test of time!! i have learned so much from all your postings!!! mr. pete, you rock!!! love your humor!!!! please do some more !! thanks again sir !!
i love old guys showing you stuff no matter what the thing /s are youre bound to learn about that thing and about 20 other tid bits scarcly related lol good stuff
very much enjoyed the video thank you for taking the time to make it! A side note, I have the very same Kennedy toolbox that i purchased full of machinist tools. And i quite like it.
Picked up a Kennedy 7 drawer apprentice box with intact leather handle and the old style lock... loaded with about 60 pounds full of tools and tooling at the flea market yesterday - THANKS for your videos helping to ID my new treasure; i think 50 cents a pound (roughly) was a good buy
At 13:24 you are showing a Starrett 298 Key Seat Rule Clamp and you do need a pair. I am so glad to see a fellow tool nut, I am in the same camp. When I go to sales I can't pass up many tools even though I have many of them already. Thanks for sharing :-)
Addicted to your toolbox videos MrPete. Thanks for sharing this...great stuff. My Dad was a machinist and I always wondered what some of the stuff in his box was used for. Great stuff!
Love your videos. Completely agree about buying Starrett dividers and inside/outside calipers. The caliper is neat because it can be as accurate as the operator skills allow. Very cool. Thank you.
Your videos are always good, but this was especially interesting. Looking forward to seeing more. BTW, in addition to my steel boxes I have a walnut Gerstner which I bought many, many years ago for my best of the best tools. Looking forward to your next installment.
Thanks. As usual, great, great stuff. Years ago, I bought some tools from a retired machinist. When he opened the first drawer of his toolbox, I smelled what I thought was Vicks VapoRub. The fellow told me it was camphor which kept the tools from rusting. Nowadays, you probably need an EPA certificate just to look at a block of camphor.
MrPete, If you ever have a "garage sale", please be sure to give me a early heads up so that I can get there first, real early because I'll be coming from California. Very impressive collection of tools, I can't wait to see the rest!
Mr. Pete You remind me so much of my high school Machine Shop teacher (Mr. Ramsey). I was in high school in the 80's, and I belive the building that was the machine shop is now devoted to liberal arts or something! :( Thanks for all the videos.
Especially sweet since you didn't rehearse it. I especially love the part of you finding the long lost square. None of us have ever misplaced a tool, only to have it pop up years later. :-) Of course with me, I would have first purchased a replacement, then I'll find the original.
I have had three bell punches in my box for YEARS and only today have i finally discovered their use! Now i feel really stupid for not having figured out something so simple, no kidding, i must have pondered many times over their use and just couldn't work it out. Thanks so much for your wonderful videos, i have watched pretty much all of them now and learned so much. I shall now make my way quietly to the corner of the room and don the pointy hat with a big 'D' on it :-)
I am a tool collector (nut) also. I have watched a lot of your videos of auctions and toolboxes along with the what is it series. I drive cross country and have a lot of downtime. These videos are very interesting and informative. Keep up with great work.
Thanks for the video. I'm about to start a Machine Tool Technology class and I'm trying to get a head start on the class. Learning about your tools is very interesting and I'm sure will prove to be very valuable. Looking forward to your other videos. Thanks.
There is a suspension bridge, from Covington Ky to Cincinnati Ohio that bares John Robelings name. It was one of his trials prior to building the Brooklyn bridges. It's a very neat bridge that is beautiful and elegant.
,, from my usual seat on the front row,,, hand held high,,, going for the extra grade, my 'How To Run a Lathe' book, by South Bend Lathe,, revised edition 56,,, gives reference to the Bell Center Punch, (fig. 119,, page 44),, I quote, the bell centering cup is placed over the end of the work and the center punch or plunger is struck a sharp blow with the hammer, automatically locating the center, end of quote,,, thanks for the tour, some good tools you have got there, great job as always, thanks
18:10 that is indeed a very nice tool. never seen one of them when you see how it works you almost can't believe that you did not come up with it yourself but i guess that is the same with alot of things. i realy enjoyed the video and learned about some new tools!
Well, that centering punch tool at 18:45 can also be used with a shim/thickness gauge on one side to offset the punch mark. In the 1970's my Landlord in Los Angeles patented one of these called a "Bulls-eye Quick-center". Nice selection of Starrett and some Mitutoyo.
Watched all of your vids too late. You would have been a great teacher for me, except we may have been in the same grade in school. Thanks for every thing you do...
Nice Video once again. I have a Kennedy box myself and love it. the double tipped punch you are showing at 17:15 looks like a punch for doing cold weld pin stitching with taper pins. I generally just use a divider to get an idea of where to put the next pin.
Didn't know what that center punch for round material was until you moved the punch then guessed! I have so many tools that I'll never use but are so cool, for instance I have a full set of Starrett (or an equivalent) radius gauges that look to be brand new, plus odds and ends that I picked up that I have little to no idea of their function. Most of the tools I have are practical and of known useage but some things I just had to buy! Like the hardness gauge I bought recently! It's an adiction!
I have one of the Brownells' center finders and they are actually used to find the center of a shotgun rib when drilling it to install a second sight pin in the rib.
I have a Starrett 660 mini magnetic base. I was attempting to attach my newly refurbished Interapid and for some reason I could not get it clamp to tighten. Well one thing lead to another and my Interapid ended up on the floor cracking the new crystal. I have several Starrett tools and all of the are great. Yet that 660 is a pain with all my indicators. It is a stupid design and I have sent Starrett a thank you letter for soiling the Starrett name. Love the vids,, keep up the good fight.
Hi there from Dublin. FWIW the thinggy at 6:34 is an undercutting tool - you'ld normally have it with a handle for undercutting before chasing an inside thread by hand. Thanks for all the info - I've learned a ton from you :-) Regards, Ruaidhrí
Great video. I like the centre finding device, and yes, I am one of the 90% who have never seen one before! I really like the Gerstner wooden toolboxes made in the USA, but unfortunately they are way off my purchase limit. It's amazing what you find in toolchests...I found some old photos of colleages from years ago, they were tucked underneath an old tobacco tin....the photos, that is..not the colleagues....
I'm betting shopdogsam had the answer!! Love your side shows. I must say this series is going to cost me a fortune......now there are more tools I have to have!!
Hi again, I was wondering the make and model of your top toolbox in part 1. I have been watching your videos and have started collecting basic machinist tools. Would really got my attention was the drawer with the hole in the bottom to push out your book. Thanks for posting these videos. I will retire someday as a heavy equipment mechanic and machine shop is right up my alley.
too many comments to see if it's already been said - but it's hermaphrodite caliper (not morphrodite) - bc the same tool has two different sorts of business ends. Very handy for scribing an irregular edge (or use can a sharp awl and your thumb in a pinch) - my 2¢ at this late date. Thanks for the tour
Back in the 1970's, I rented an apartment in Los Angeles/Hawthorne...my landlord had a home machine shop where he made small parts for Northrop Aircraft (NowTesla/SpaceX)..... He invented/patented a center finder exactly like the one there at 18:35..... I think it was called 'Bullseye Quickcenter.....made them in several sizes......they're great for marking round bar or tubing....
It's a bit weird watching this video. The term "doppelgänger" comes to mind. My Kennedy and Gerstner chests are pretty identical to yours. Maybe not as many machinist squares, but certainly more dividers. I even have an old Starrett No. 85 sheet metal divider.... somewhere... now, where is that thing? LOL! Brown & Sharpe 28" Trammel, Starrett No. 64 A Test Indicator. Moore and Wright hole gauges, .080 to .500. One of the perils of having too many tools! Also, if you're a toolaholic like me, being fortunate to grow up and live in Michigan for over 50 years. I was able to pick up quite a collection.
Excellent video, i love your tools,unfortunately my collection is minimal as i work in a toolroom, our personal equipment is minimal,and the rest is communal use, so its a little frustrating to say the least,anyway i look forward to the rest of this series and I'm glad and appreciative that you did it. :)
Interesting about the wire rope that he engineered the design such that it was way over capacity for the required load (8-10 times if I recall correctly from a documentary I saw years ago). This balanced the fact that the suppliers of the wire cut corners and supplied substandard iron. Many samples were brittle and would have been disastrous to use if the material was used as it 'should ' have been. Basically the bridge didn't crumble for this decision. Crazy really. We are spoiled almost these days in that we can find suppliers with guaranteed material properties. A grade 8.8 bolt or whatever will do its job. Back in the day boilers would rupture and supposedly ductile material would snap.
Thanks for sharing! The newer Machinery's Handbooks are too big to fit in the correct drawer! You are quite the hoarder, but I suspect everyone watching firmly believes you can never have too many tools.
I am a Toolaholic, I admit it freely, but I can quit at any time! LOL Recently, I measured my Tool box sets and discovered that I have 14 linear feet of boxes 4 feet high! Years ago at a yard sale I bought a Kennedy clamshell box in excellent shape FULL of tools for $20! A box like it had sold on ebay for $50! I was then sold on Kennedy. At another yard sale I came across a complete set of Kennedy boxes (like yours) top middle AND bottom for $200 I couldn't pass it up!
I have a machinist box with little round knobs on the drawers. Everything else on it looks like a Kennedy. I've been searching and searching and finally found that the ones with the round knobs were sold by Montgomery Wards under their PowrKraft brand.
