Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/09/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Sep 29, 2014, at 1:07 PM, Ted Grant wrote: > George Lottermoser offered: > Subject: Re: [Leica] IMGs: Ending an era. > >>> <http://www.imagist.com/blog/?p=9291> > > driving on errands this morning > thinking about this ridding of the old tools > actually brought tears to my eyes. > > I still have my dad's tool & die maker tools. > What will I ever do with thickness gauges, > micrometers, precision squares and triangles, > various indicator, calipers, mill bits, etc etc? > The tools are lovely - like a leica > my dad loved to "jewel" his tools > > <https://www.google.com/search?q=machinist+jeweling&espv=2&biw=1323&bih=929& > source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=MoApVIj_C8iPyATV9YKIDw&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAg> > > just a nostalgic old fart > > Hi George, >> quote George:: > "just a nostalgic old fart" > > George me old son? :-) ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT ONE > IOTA!!!!!!!!! I have most of the tools my father used certainly 80 plus > years ago and once in awhile I dig around looking for some wrench or > measuring tool. AND WHAT HAPPENS???? > > I remember some little thing he might have been showing me how to use it > properly. AND? Well me? I shed a tear of remembrance of a real good father > ... AND A GREAT DAD! :-) > Keep on with the nostalgia! No harm with it at all!! :-) right you are Ted ? as usual! memories are made of these tools. I actually also have many of my Dad's Dad's carpenter tools as well. Including wooden planes; awls, etc. He was a cabinet maker who only owned one "power" tool; a quite tiny, by today's standards, six inch table saw. Regards, George Lottermoser http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist