Tool Porn

[Westline]

Found some.
Enjoy......and all done on a tiny machine.

http://www.micro-machine-shop.com/

[lane]

Looks like some one bought every thing in the store. To bad they did not buy some real machines to go with the tooling.

[Ken_Shea]

Hey, why not
All that and he still will find he will be needing something else, likely bought all he wanted at the time though.

[RKW]

It is quite the showcase. Someone over on PM found it a while back as well. Just about any Google image search will turn something up from there or CNC-Cookbook nearly every time. Some folks intentionally "feed" Google.

As for "real" machines, it looks like all the tooling is Chinese. Wouldn't this go well with Chinese machinery. Not much else to choose from these days unfortunately. Why pay top dollar for the same thing when nearly everything is made in the same place anyway?

[Mcgyver]

Being more contemplative on it, where's the need for most of the stuff we do? I guess he's having fun and at least he's built some decent looking stuff......he is in deep though, wonder how often the 12" mic saves the day

[PixMan]

I'm also more of a tool collector than user...for now. That may change when I retire, but for now I have a blast just finding incredible deals on cutting tools, measuring stuff, and miscellaneous stuff to fill dad's shop. He tinkers around in there whenever he feels up to it, and I go by later on the day to put everything away again. (Payback is a bitch.)

I'd seen that collection before too. Nice photos of what I consider to be 2nd an 3rd-tier quality. For instance, he has a Starrett No.711 test indicator. I sold off my complete kit (which I had bought new in 1982) about a dozen years ago to get a GOOD, repeatable Interapid. That guy gets the 711, and a cheap Chinese clone of it. ??

I don't buy much of it new, but very-good-or-better condition used is fine with me for most things. No used cutting tools, but holders are OK if they don't look beat up. I'll post up the latest I got later in the week when the R8 adapters to mount the tools to come in.

P.S. - my Mitutoyo 11-12" mic is for sale if you need one....cheap!

[Warren]

I found this title intriguing: "Precision Mensuration & Layout Tools"

I wonder if he got the word Mensuration from a Chinese/English translation provided in an instruction manual.

[ptjw7uk]

Does the amount of times you use a tool really matter!
I bought a 1"-2" micrometer 30 years ago to measure some big end diameters and havent used it since but if ever I do need it!

Peter

[Westline]

Does the amount of times you use a tool really matter!
I bought a 1"-2" micrometer 30 years ago to measure some big end diameters and havent used it since but if ever I do need it!

Peter

Good point.
How does the phrase go "Better to have a tool and not need it than to need a tool and not have it"
Should be the Toolaholic's Slogan

[PixMan]

I agree that there's no problem having tools that get used rarely, but what I don't understand is having multiples...many multiples....of them. I understand multiples of something like threading inserts that you might have to buy in a pack of ten. But that fellow has 3 different height gauges, 5 not-very-different automatic center punches, more indicators than Carter has little pills...

That's not being a toolaholic, that's an obsessive-compulsive disorder. I might have bought just the basic measuring tools I would absolutely use, and saved some for good solid machines.

[Davo J]

Here is his reply on PM. It's a wonder the thread wasn't closed because of all the Chinese tooling.

http://www.practicalmachinist.com/vb/machinery-photos/some-tool-porn-209853/

[Quote]Originally Posted by Alloy Mcgraw
A big reason for taking photos of your tools is so all the other "Tool geeks" can check them out. What's the first thing anyone asks for when discussing retrofits, scrapping, basically anything? They ask for pics, and everyone loves a post with pics in it(I know i like to see stuff i haven't seen, or just more machine tools/accossories/measuring tools in general).
With that said, it's a pita taking pics to me. But i can't help myself from enjoying pics of others "tools". [UnQuote]

Thanks Alloy for understanding some of my goals for the site. I think I corrected the errors in the nomenclature cited & removed questionable setups (I didn't like them either). When I started this hobby, I noticed newbies asking the same questions over & over (like tapping holes) plus using the wrong tool (like drill chucks to hold end mills) so I decided to illustrate types & uses of common machine tools. I like detailed photos because the catalogs and even the manufacturers have awful pictures so it is hard to make a purchase decision. I have branched out to micro CNC which as we all know have a super steep learning curve. My little hobby shop is just a microcosm of real shops. I am an inventive sort of guy (15 patents; 10 pending) so I like to design & make things. The hit-miss engine project took a year of weekends. I seem to like to make tools; the CNC modifications are especially fun things to design & make & it involves other things like programming & electronics. However, not everything I prototype is for public consumption. This site is quite big (>1850 photos) & sometimes people only look at a few of the 120 pages. thanks, Alan

[Rosco-P]

I found this title intriguing: "Precision Mensuration & Layout Tools"

I wonder if he got the word Mensuration from a Chinese/English translation provided in an instruction manual.

http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Mensuration

[gwilson]

Tool porn?????? Do get hold of your tool porn detector and raise the rear sight several notches!!!

I actually saw a few chips in some of those photos.

[RobbieKnobbie]

Anyone that cleans their shop that meticulously probably molests collies.

[Ken_Shea]

5 out of 14 post are negative or critical with one of those being obscene, yep, that's just what we need.