[Leica] IMGs: Ending an era.

[George Lottermoser]

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 

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