that tool cabinet

[billy rubin]

i can't help myself



1 large tack hammer
2 small tack hammer
3 c;aw hammer
4 1-foot rule
4 ???
7 ??
8 vernier calipers
9  adjustable hole cutter
10 steel square
11 ??????
12 part of 8
13 lar flat blade sxcrewdriver
14 small monkey wrench
15 this is a small plane, appraised at US$700 in 1993
16 4-inch rule
17 combination square
18 small outside calipers
19 larger outside calipers
20 compass
21 pin vise?
22 ???
23 ???
24 square?
25 ???
26 ???
27 largear monkey wrench

there's other ittl stuff that i can't distinguish. dunno whether its a tool or ornamentation

[Dark Lightning]

There are two tools numbered 15. #21 could be a center punch. A higher resolution picture would help immensely.

[billy rubin]

somebody tell me what these are

there's a mental economy in storing you rtools lik ethis. i'm not that way, so i have five tubing cutters, four or five grease guns, multip[le 1/4-inch and 3/8-inch socket wrench extension sthe same size, two magnetic angle protractors, three or four wire crimpers, and so on. because i cant find stuff and have to go buy another

[Dark Lightning]

Earlier in the thread both Icarus and I identified #1 as a Yankee driver.
#2, no idea
#3, perhaps screwdrivers, as a sharpening steel for a cabinet scraper wouldn't require a duplicate
#4, and the #5 between the #6 are Forstner bits or hole saws
#6, I dunno. Appear to be scratch stocks, but nobody needs that many. They may be clamps?
#7 is a brass-loaded mallet
#8, don't see it
#9 are twist drill bits
#10 no idea
#11 no idea
#12 probably another screwdriver
#13 probably a compass
#14 possibly a thickness gauge
#15 is a brace and bit, or just a brace if it has no bits in it
#16 is a drill gauge
#17 (&22) wire and sheet metal thickness gauges
#18, 19, 20, Idunno
#21 appears to be dividers
#23, 24, 25, 26 Idunno

If you go to finewoodworking.com and chat some people up maybe they can help.  There are probably some there who have seen it in person.

[billy rubin]

the 6 s are 5he mortise/tenon things

20 is a center gauge
https://www.amazon.com/Brown-Sharpe-599-650-1-Center-Gage/dp/B0006J3DN6/ref=asc_df_B0006J3DN6/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312065326466&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=14333693276598823356&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9015215&hvtargid=pla-568114724086&psc=1&tag=&ref=&adgrpid=67624217252&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvadid=312065326466&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=14333693276598823356&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9015215&hvtargid=pla-568114724086

ill bet yore right on 14. that never occurred to me

[Dark Lightning]

The tool #17 in your FIRST pic is a combination square with a center finder. #20 in your SECOND picture seems to be something else. OK, I went and looked. Center gauge is correct. That's not a tool I've encountered in my many years of wood and metal working. Kind of surprised, as I studied wood working for four years and metal working for 3-1/2 years in high school. Of course, having graduated HS in 1970, I'm certain that I've forgotten some things.

[billy rubin]

the combination square looks like an original starrett. he invented the thing back when nobody could work with that precision

https://www.starrett.com/docs/default-source/other-downloadable-resources/the-starrett-story-(1216).pdf?sfvrsn=2

"I saw no other way but to try to create a business for myself by inventing something
useful that people would want."
"I had worked at pattern making and used clumsy, fixed-blade try squares. I realized
the need of a more handy instrument, gave the subject careful study and drew a
design that pleased me, and made patterns of it, sitting at the kitchen table night after
night until the small hours."
"I secured a foot lathe for my room and after I had made patterns, got castings and a
blade for my combination square and took them to a nearby machine shop, engaged
the best workman and stood by for two days until he got finished. The man was an
expert toolmaker so when it was finished I asked: 'Well, what do you think of it?' He
said: 'I would not give a damn for it.' But that did not discourage me. I knew his reason.
He believed that the sliding blade in a square stock could not be ground sufficiently
accurate to be depended upon, the difficulty being the then almost impossible task
of grinding a perfect straight edge to form the blade, due to the heat generated in
grinding. I believed the difficulty could be overcome, and it was, so that we were
finally able to guarantee our squares standard for accuracy and they are so accepted
the world over."

[billy rubin]

i don't own a lathe, so i've never used one of these

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7uVNurw2sc

[Dark Lightning]

I do believe that combination square with center finder and the 4" double square are Starrett. They look just like mine. The combination square scale is 6", in my case. His looks to be 8", scaling from the small square.

As for maintaining square, the "seats" inside are hardened. One can send a square back to Starrett for calibration. https://www.starrett.com/repair-services

[Icarus]

The routine way to set the cutting tool height on a lathe uses a simple straight edge or metal ruler.  hold the ruler against the part to be turned. The ruker vertical.  Run the cutting tool lightly against the ruler. The cutting tool will force the ruler  against the part to be turned. If the ruler is vertical then the tool height is about right.  If it is tilted one way or the other from vertical, adjustment of the tool height is obvious.

Some smaller lathes will need to have the cutting tool slightly above center because of natural deflection of the tool. Big Bertha type lathes need no tweaking because they are so rigid. DL can tell us how the wood lathe is done. That is a different breed of cat.