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I cried through this video. I lost my husband of almost 45 yrs, a couple of years ago. Watching you go through this was like watching someone going through his toolbox. Sadly, he gave his tools to his brother so I dont have the opportunity to go through his toolbox. Thank you for the happy memory you gave me today.

The cigarette papers are used like shim stock. .001/in per paper. I never had occasion to use them but some of the 'old timers' had them in their box for setups and other stuff. I mentioned the old timers, I'm 74 now and they were at least 30 years older than me. I thank your Grandfather was one of the old timers.

the rolling papers were a consistent .001" and were used to check the micrometers calibration

By the looks of it, Grandpop was a man who spent his life dealing with cold steel and hard facts. May he rest in peace.

That's not a toolbox. That's a time machine. Absolutely incredible what you have there.

I’m so glad that gorgeous set went to someone who could appreciate it.

That tool is for measuring inside diameter grooves. You have to attach a dial indicator to it.

I'm with you right there with the love of old tools. I met an old machinist toward the end of his life. He manufactured and repaired parts for Air Force vehicles. Lenny, by name. He was my neighbor. He died unexpectedly and his family held an estate sale. I was lucky enough to get his two tool boxes. One full of automotive tools the other a machinists tool box like yours. I had to scrounge ever dollar I had in my rainy day fund, even cleaned out the coin catch in the armrest of my truck! I still think of the old fella whenever I use his tools and remember how he could tell the kind of airplane by the sound it made, flying overhead and identify it exactly at a glance. By every measure I could make, he was a good man.

The Nickel Silver rivet wire is just used to make hand hammered rivets. The work nicely for Jewellery or to secure small parts.

this is a welcome change of pace! i personally love looking at old tools, especially tools i have no clue how to use or what their function is.

You are not boring me. I am a wood machinist but I feel your excitement as you touch and smell those beautiful tools.

Beautiful set of tools. The extra trinkets were even more important, they showed the man behind the tools. I loved the notebook! Tidbits for you: The Indical bore and groove gage was widely used in measuring inside gap sizes of snapring and seal grooves or track grooves. Also for bore diameters (if you had pin or round anvil tips). Extremely useful for tool and gage makers who needed slip or press fit hole measurements for calibrated pins. Like for measuring go/no go gauges used in part validation. The rivet wire was widely used in jewlery and medical insturment manufacturing. You cut a length of wire, slipped it into the hole drilled through, used a concaved tipped setting punch and bucket to pinch clamp the rivet. My father was a machinist millwright and tool maker. You brought back many fond memories. I hope you use these tools as they were meant to be used, honoring your Grandfather's memory. Thanks for sharing your moment of discovery.

In December 1969 I walked into a toolroom to start an apprentice and saw my first Gerstner toolbox. I have always liked them. I have found over the years that you can tell a lot about a tradesman from what is in his Gerstner and how it is packed.

Thank you for sharing! what an honor to receive that for sure

What an incredible tour through time, absolutely beautiful tools. Waiting for part two.

My great grandfather was also a machinist, we also have a similar toolbox, AND all of his larger equipment was sold before it could get to me or my dad. This video was very nostalgic. Brings me back to digging through that toolbox when I was little.

"I hope I don't bore you guys to death" Meanwhile I'm on the edge of my seat

And this is why I always encourage people to talk with the elderly. You'll never get a truer sense of history, and once their skills are gone, if not passed down to the next generation(s), they're gone for good. They don't make things like they used to... including people.

Special indeed! Thanks for sharing and allowing us to geek out with you.

Thanks for sharing. Lovely to see how respectful you are to the old gentleman. Love the fantastic tools.

Thank you for sharing, a beautiful box made from what looks like oak, a great interesting , informative and entertaining video Thank you again Sam

I know exactly what you mean my dad did his apprenticeship with the rail road when they were still using steam. And was a welder Machinist fabricator most of his life he would have been 102 this fall I have all his tools . That sir is s box fit for jewelry which some of it is to think of the hands and the knowledge of getting things , not just done but done beautifully Thank you for sharing Central California watching

So awesome! I wish I had more of my grandfather’s tools. Each tool like a piece of art with so much history behind them.

He was a Great man! You are very blessed to have such things. My father died when I was 5. He left me memories. Nothing more.

You have an absolute treasure trove of useful and memorable tools, I find myself envious of your find. I wish you well and just a note, most of the tools you have in that box I have in mine (that are gathering dust) that I used as a machinist and toolmaker for over 30 years. Thank you for the trip down memory lane, continued good luck in your endeavors. The name should be Steve Marvin on the post.

The bore and groove gauge is for gaging "O" ring grooves, blind bores, thread reliefs, undercuts, out of round and tapered bores.

You are specially blessed my friend! Something to be cherished for generations. Thanks for the tour!

Very nice. Rolling mill design engineer here (U.K.). When our mill went bust in the late 90's I didn't have the heart to see the technical library get thrown in the skip. So I saved as much of what I could. It's in the garage still. The FIRST edition of the machinerys handbook is there. along with Kemps and others. Ps.. I hope to god you don't have rusty fingers. Thanks for the upload.

At 8:50 that's _clearly_ a Transverse Reciprocating Dingle-Arm that helped reduce Sinusoidal Replaneration of the Lotus O-Delta windings in the Turbo Encabulator. Gotta teach you kids everything nowawdays.

@14:18 that’s a planer gage. Used for setting tools when planers were still machine tools. Can also be used as an adjustable parallel.

That is soo cool. I love antiques and the care for his tools just shows what an awesome and caring dude he was!

Awesome! Love old tools. Thank you for sharing with us.

Can you imagine the quality and condition of the rest of his tools that were disposed of. Quite sad.

An interesting note is that all most all those tools still cost the same as they did 50 years ago when I was making $1.65 per hr! They were a huge investment back then!

Oh wow, that thing is absolutely gorgeous! what a dream of a toolbox!

A toolbox like that with tools like those disserves to be be with someone like you who enjoys them for what they are and were. They aren't just a tool, its a piece of Art, a piece of someone. I collect and use old/antique woodworking tools. Every time I use one its like feeling the life of the tool and being a part of the energy of that tool and everyone that has used it. I hope one day my son or daughter feels the same about my tools as you feel about those.

The thing I love about these tool boxes is that you can instantly tell who is a machinist by asking what that skinny middle drawer is for, and your wife’s granddad didn’t let us down.

Every one of your fingerprints is now engraved on the tools, a wipe with an oily cloth is in order.

That is so beautiful 😍 I loved watching you go through it.

I am so jealous right now. You have an extraordinary thing there. All the best.

Awesome tools! To preserve those tools longer you should be wearing gloves or wiping them down before you put them back. Sweat is acidic.(sweat/body oils)

As a thought the cigarette papers may have been used as a sort of disposable feeler gauge for machine set up.

Thanks for this video. It truly is going back in time. I rarely get to go through old tools any more. Maybe one day my grand kids will go through mine.

Everything looks like it did the day it was sold.... absolutely stunning kit and great tools!! Quite a score!

I'm a retired heavy duty mechanic. I have several large tool boxes full of tools. One can never have too many tools haha When I retired I has so many people trying to buy my tooling it was crazy. My answer was sorry boys, I have my own family that they are going to. No idea what my son the chef is going to do with a 1" impact, but you never know. On a side note, the other son is a welder who likes repairing things and my daughter works in a pharmacy but she likes working on her own vehicle, will do her own brakes and such. Hey she asked so I showed her how.

Would have been funny if you stumbled across his weed stash:)

I met your wife’s grandfather several times. I knew he was in the navy but never knew what he did. Awesome video!

That really is an awesome legacy. Thanks for sharing it with us.

NIce! My Mom has almost the exact same tool chest from her father who was also a tool and die machinist. Unfortunately, I don't think it came with all his tools as it is now sewing box.

The first tool you had a question about is a Inner Dimension Spring Caliper. But it is missing the indicator. - Machinist also!

Thats a beautiful find the pasttool boxes and the tools thenselves are beautiful.

Cigarette papers were used as an indicator for zeroing a milling tool onto the work piece. I was shown this trick as an apprentice at the Rocket Propulsion Establishment in the UK in 1967. Lovely set of tools.

I'm just waiting for AvE to chime in on this.

You have a fortune in memories and tools, my grand father had similar, was also machinest/tool maker during the wars, I have most of the tools you showed, and 3 boxes, pass them down with the stories and history, myself I became an auto mechanic of 50 yrs because of my grandfather who taught me to fix things like bikes an help on cars good luck. from the motor city Detroit Michigan

Hey thank you for showing that. I really enjoyed it and like you love old tools and their stories.

When being a machinist meant something .

That looks absolutely amazing. I would be scared of using half the tools... I'd probably damage them

Thank you for sharing that time capsule with us.

Thank you for sharing this special video with us.

Man I love your laugh. 9/10 reasons why I'm here *HA, HA, HA* ;)

By the way, if you pull out the bottom few drawers there may be a date hand written in the bottom of that beautiful Gerstner.

this is like a time capsule ive doen some tool and die training at work and its nice seeing how stuff hasnt changed all that much when it comes to the tools use

That was special and amazing piece of kit. Wow.

My grandfather gave my mother a $20 gold certificate, that he had kept when Roosevelt took us off the gold standard. Mom said it was meant for me to mark my birth, 01/20/53. Real nice tools and tool box. Your father-in-law must really like you, the tools, the tool box, the daughter...lol

Man love your videos keep up the great work. But very important you goin to use that band-aid? I just cut the hell out of my finger. Lol keep up the great work

What a beautiful toolbox! I've always wanted something like that.

I just stumbled across your channel and this is the first video I watched. I got goose bumps when I saw the box. My twin brother and I inherited our grandfather's box that is identical to yours. Ours is not near as nice as yours, but filled with many cool tools and memories. I remember going through our box with my brother and wondering what some of the tools even were used for or what they were. Our box only had 2 micrometers. Oh well. Brought back some old memories watching you go through your box. EVERYTHING is a treasure in the box as well as the box itself. The company still exists in Dayton, OH. They do restorations of old boxes. Our box is far beyond restoring to your condition. What a joy to watch. Just a gorgeous tool box. Thank you.

You're not boring anyone, in fact, you could get a lot more detailed. Little more interesting than old tools

The "rolling papers" are used as thousandths spacers

Very very cool, so glad it's ended up in your appreciative hands. 👍

Great video, love old machine tools and gerstner boxes, thanks for sharing.

That beauty makes snap-on boxes look like they need a helmet and short bus . That thing is gorgeous . My word and the tools are flawless , like an apprentice hasn't ever been in it . Til today . Jk , That's an amazing family pass down . You are a blessed man . Father in law must feel real bad for you marrying his daughter . That's one heck of a pay off . Does she have two wooden legs , a plastic eyeball and two horns sticking out her forehead ?!

The first Starrett micrometer is a tubing micrometer.

Absolutely the most beautiful thing I’ve seen in a very long time!

Lovely just lovely, you have a very generous father in law.

The half & half rolling papers are for touching down on the part. When the paper rips without marking the part you know you are on top of it...tm

There's no silver in nickel-silver wire, it just looks like silver. Commonly used in crafts, never rusts. 14:04 we used as a kind of height transfer gage, but that's not the right name for it.

defiantly a treasure. Thank you for sharing it with us.

Thanks for sharing, I was a machinist my whole working life, and like you, I LOVE TOOLS, AND TOOL BOXES, ESPECIALLY WOOD CRAFTED, Like the beauty you now have. Hang on to em'!!.....🛶🍁

Those are still digital micrometers. They're just mechanical digital instead of electronic.

What is the date on that dollar bill? 🤔

beautiful box and tools, I (like probably most of us) really like old tools and old science related things. whenever I wander into an estate sale Im always looking for things like that. I also like that some of these old things you cant find info about online, people seem to think the internet is the only place to find info.

I am (or was) also a machinist with the 3pc set Gerstner rolling box set, i love the quality of the box and could never make myself part with it. It (along with my tools will also be past down to my son when the time comes. I only hope he appreciates it like you do. The quality tools and gauges take years and years to acquire. Thanks for sharing your experience with us.

You need to visit OxTools and make a 5 hours video with Tom going through it all. That is something that just needs to happen.

9:06 Put a test indicator on it and use it for measuring o-ring or snap ring grooves on the ID of a part. What year is on that $1 bill you found in the bible drawer?

I mean, wouldn't this be the actual definition of priceless? The knowledge and experiences that man had, this is incredible.

What an awesome gift! Thanks for sharing.

God damn that is gorgeous. I have always wanted to get into watchmaking and this right here is the toolbox I always imagined having for something like watch making. Also nah this isn't boring. This is one of my favorite things to do/watch. Theres a reason Tubalcain/mrpete has a channel as big as it is. People love discovering odd old tools. However you might want to wait on releasing this video until after you make another video closer in line with what nighthawkinlight fans will want. Chemistry/rockets/fire but thats just an opinion.

“My father in-law has a really nice box”

As a fellow lover of antiquities, I truly appreciated your passion for old tools!

Hah, I have that exact same toolbox that I got from my grandfather about thirty years ago.

That federal test indicator should have a lever on the side to lock it in one direction or the other of travel. Make sure it's not just in the center position. And yeah, thats a thread mic.

I'm glad you appreciate this stuff. When I give away my Machinist Tools, I doubt anyone will.

I am 66 yr old and my father was a tool box exactly like this one. It was beautiful. Thanks for the memories.

Anyone else staring at the cool old painter's torch? I love old tools... except the two legged variety, I swear they have their own soul after decades of use. That weird looking one you don't know almost looks like some type of bore gauge to me. LOL and then you instantly say that's what it is.. damn I'm good lol. It's for checking the depth of O-ring (not cock ring) bores. Here's one. www.flexbar.com/products/indi-cal-internal-groove-gage Nickel Silver has no silver in it, it's silver colored.. it's used for jewelry. www.rjleahy.com/category-s/147.htm (I'm good at researching stuff... too bad I can't get a job doing it)

Yeah not a lick of rust on them. THAT'S WHY Gerstner boxes were made and that's why you dial indicators and calipers and whatnot come in wood boxes. Metal boxes makes tools rust. Wood boxes don't.

Thanks for video, brings back memories of my time in shipyard, when I was an apprentice I built a toolbox the same after an old timer Norm showed me one he brought from England, he was a model maker from the navy,it’s a great design toolbox, as well as practical..to this day I still use mine, far better than steel or plastic as wood helps to keep tools from sweating and rusting..you have a real treasure, a pleasure to see, kind regards

You were given a real treasure, congratulations !!!

Ask abom about the guy that fixes all his indicators for the federal