That looks like an old Lufkin planer gage with the green paint. Although planers have largely disappeared, I find planer gages quite useful, as you have demonstrated.

That "Clown" photo shows how attitudes to safety have changed. In the early 1950's nobody ever mentioned safety glasses. Those cyanide salt baths were pretty dangerous. They worked by passing electricity through the molten salt. When the salt was cold the power wouldn't flow so a temporary bar was fitted to get things started. This had to be replaced while the bath was molten before shutting down. The salt is fiercely hygroscopic and one day when I was replacing the bar the bath exploded from contact with water on the bar, showering me with molten cyanide causing very painful, but fortunately, not serious, burns. Like the clown I didn't have glasses and was lucky that it missed my eyes. Apart from the burns, the cyanide didn't seem to do me much harm. I am now into my 80's and expect to keep breathing a few years yet.

Well bless my cotton socks........been a fitter and turner for 60 + years and never used or heard of a planer gauge, maybe my father who was a tool maker did back in the old days.....thanks for the info.

Hey Tom! Glad you liked the gifts, I'm really happy with the outcome of the hammerstamp myself. Cheers!

Thanks for sharing Tom. I bought a planer gauge in a lot of tools and having this demo online helped a lot. A+++

Thanks for the info on the planer gage. My dad passed away in 1970 and left a tool box full of micrometers, calipers , a million bits, and a planer gage. Never knew what it was or how you use it, but now I can see a good use for it for accurate repetitive measurements. Thanks

Yes to another video on extended use of the planer gauge; I really enjoyed this one. Tom, you're a national treasure. I ditched my TV and now just put a string of your vids on autoplay and kick back with a cold soda. Cheers, LL

Hey Tom, Hope 2015 is a good year for you and Mrs. Ox! Thanks for another tasty meatloaf. I loved that old book about the output of man. When I worked in actuation, there was a manual actuator (operated by a handwheel) that weighed 78 lbs. each. They were made of ductile iron. You hoist a bunch of those around in a day and you know it! I guess we are a little softer than our ancestors! Thanks again! Have a good one! Dave

That is an awesome stamp you got there. I'm am absolutely amazed by the kindness of the machining community here. Your help has been great. Thank you.

Nice book and gifts, have a Happy new year!

Good stuff on the planer gauge Tom. Seems like a nifty transfer tool for measurements, and as you said, good for ultimate accuracy. Tasty meatloaf. Thanks!

Tom, Let me go into lecturer mode here: Friction, or drag, in a pipe is something which affects your delivered pressure, or head at the end of a run. The frictional losses can be summarized as a pressure drop, or head loss - so named because the pressures can be expressed as the height of a column of fluid in a manometer. We use it in fluid mechanics to figure out how powerful a pump needs to be to move a desired flow of fluid from the inlet of a run to the outlet. This can be for sewage through a sewer - a crappy business, but there's money in it... and, too much friction in your sewer can ruin your whole day... ;^) I tend to do these calculations more often for duct runs to move air or gases - like for exhaust ducts, filters, and fans in a shop or lab... Industrial ventilation, and flues for furnaces... There are a few crude jokes out there about suction and head... ;^) Cheers, Eric

Good mix of stuff, i like that oldest book. Its amazing how much knowledge is lost generation to generation .

I picked up what I thought was a really cool adjustable parallel for $10 .....turns out it's a planer gauge!!! Thanks for sharing.

Thanks Tom. Always wondered how a planer gage works and what it does. Yes, I have been laughed at using an adjustable wrench wrong.

Came for the 'loaf. Wasn't disappointed.

Thanks Tom good video as always!!

Happy New Year!! Love your videos! NO BOZOS in 2015!

Happy New Year Tom. Nice MNM with a good variety. The gifts that Daniel sent are just the best! Hours of his time making them and shipping across the pond...a gift from the heart. Also like the mid 1800's engineering book, maybe a forerunner to the Machinery's Handbook, and surprised the paper held up so well even with the gilding...well cared for. As I said before I would love to see more metrics when you can get to it. Thanks for your effort and sharing.

Great score on the 2 volume Machinery Data books. It's not currently available from the publisher and sets like you have are going for $750 used!!! Thanks for the lesson on the planar gauge, too.

Man that hammer head stamp is uptown cool .. Great gifts from the KZfaq crowd !!

Always a good one Tom. The next time I'm in Cali, I'll,have to stop by and say hello.

Great video as always sir!

Gday Tom, thanks for another great vid. Would love to see more info on the planer gage and its uses, Thanks Max

I work in a building built in 1907.During renovations, and we found original rainwater drainpipes that were basically molded from sawdust and tar/resin. Plumber was perplexed as to how to connect up to it. It was one of the first reinforced concrete buildings in Canada as well, due to the underground river causing other brick buildings to sag and stuff. Also, Gage = A valued object deposited as a guarantee of good faith. and Gauge = An instrument or device for measuring the magnitude, amount, or contents of something, typically with a visual display of such information. A banker gauges the gage before giving the loan. Its not just you Tom, several commenters also have it wrong....Plus its been over a year since I have pulled a card from the grammar police deck....I've been trying to be civil....Its trying...

I used "Dimensioning and Tolerancing" years ago when I worked for the Boeing Co. It was the standard work, along with the Boeing Co. standards. Thanks for the memory.

THANKS - NEVER KNEW WHY , GOLD LEAF .

Happy new year Tom

Tom, thanks for another fine MNM. I'm glad for your explanation of the planer gage, great job! Daniel sent some AWESOME gifts. He appears to be a great craftsman. Ryan's leather bound book is nice too. I would enjoy thumbing through that old knowledge, yet somewhat modern. ....13

happy new year and I would like to see more on the planer gauge.

Lots of cool goodies this week. That stamp is awesome! I'll check out the switch and lever page. Thanks for showing some more uses of a planer gage. I'm digging those pretty big purple chips that Chuck sent ya! I guess your were too dinky. Ha! Take car bud. Talk to ya later. Adam

Hey Tom, excellent video...! You know, when you were going though that 1800'th century text book, mentioning wooden pipes, up here in Vancouver BC, its not been toooo many years since we replaced the wooden storm sewer pipes on the west side.... Our machineries museum in Fort Langley has a wooden pipe lathe on display.... Apparently those pipes were very functional until the 90's.... Verifies the engineering...! Cheers, Daniel

Good video enjoyed the information on the planer gauge never knew how they were used.

happy new year Tom a fine meatloaf im glad you covered the planer gage ive just got one for my old shaper there pretty hard to find here in the uk for a reasonable price i can see them being even harder to find now a very under estimated tool all the best Dave

I didn't realize that planer gages could be used vertically as well . Happy new year Tom.

Wow, very nice video...especially that guy who sent you the beef jerky and the "chip chinga"...still no names for that yet, but when the larger items come forth, hopefully a name will come to me. I of course accept ideas for naming things as my view is only one, and we are legion. I love the variety of flavors in this weeks Meatloaf, very tasty and well balanced. Thank you, and thank you so much for the shout out, I really wasn't shooting for a showing on the Meatloaf, but that's not a complaint. I'm just kind of embarrassed by my meager offerings considering how awesome the gifts from Daniel and Ryan are! I'm working on the bigger end of my version of the "chip challenge" though, so my shame is moderated. The goodies are in the pipeline, and I won't be sending any of you gents jewelry. Well done Ryan and Daniel, your generosity is astounding, and while not the direct recipient of said gifts, I am very appreciative of being allowed to see such cool handiwork and historical memorabilia as I'm a fan of not only the items themselves, but the way things used to be done(excepting the the labor required of "Man-imals", LOL!!!), back when things were built to last. Thanks again for the help on those questions I pestered you with, and my return to KZfaq videos today(or tonight more likely with my upload speed), will show the item you helped me decide on, but not it's installation...that will be the next show :) I am glad to see you smiling in this new year, and I'll talk with you soon...Aloha from the boys on the Knoll, Pops and Chuck.

Tom I watch all your videos, Happy new year and glad to see you back!

Tom, I didn't know how handy a planer gauge can be, I'm already on the hunt on "ebay" Actually I had never heard of them until I was looking around "ebay" for other things. Your video was educational about this amazing tool. Thanks, maybe some "Vegemite" coming your way again in the future from down under - Ha Ha. Anyway, thanks for teaching people like me about different tools like this - excellent stuff... Cheers Pedro....

Hello Tom, My name is Jim Davis (my wife Kathleen's image). I enjoy watching and learning from you, Adam Booth, and Keith Fenner on KZfaq. I worked as a machinist in the aerospace community before becoming and engineer. I left my corporate job 12 years ago to pursue my passion for automobiles and to start my own business (facebook. Vintage Metal Works by Jim Davis). I encourage you to take a look and notice the profound impact my vocation has translated into my approach to building cars. Vehicle setup, establishing datum points, measuring, as well as specific tooling (machined in-house) are all deeply rooted in my trade. I want to thank you for sharing your knowledge and efforts which has inspired me to make my 1st video showcasing my approach and the influence machine work has made in my shop. I would like to emphasize how important machining is to our manufacturing base and how these skills impact our lives everyday. In the future, I would like to be considered part of the metalworking community once I have my 1st video produced. Thank you again.

Glad you liked the items, Tom. The photos in the calendar were taken by me in my shop. Ryan

The rubber stamp is awesome!

Friction in sewer pipes is significant because the pipelines are very long and they are almost exclusively gravity-fed.

Popular use of wood pipes started around 1300-1400 I think.

I agree on the use of GD&T! Like you said, it can be over and poorly used. That being said, it's a great tool in the right hands. Oh, I have a Crescent brand adjustable wrench. ;) Just like the brand BandAid, being used for any bandage, the word Crescent has been associated with any wrench that has an adjustable jaw.

Thanks for the planner gage tutorial! Your reference library is getting quite extensive. Only reference book I have is the one that comes free every year; you know the ole griz catalog. Actually my primary reference is KZfaq, dog-eared heavily at oxtoolco! I call it KZfaq U. When the wife says, “What are you doing with your life?” Implying that I lack purpose and ambition! I reply in an authoritative dignified tone, “Studying at KZfaq U!” Brad

Adam rules, Tom drools...

Ooh, there's gonna be a worm gear on the etching press. Nice

Thought I would add that because the planer, shaper for that matter were a slow devise a lot if not all planers could have more than one head ie. clapper, so you could do a lot of things ,cut with two tools a at once, two at same depth , one ruff and one finish, and the bar that carried the clappers could be set at a angle ( so as to cut a taper) As bed and material was still in one axis the clappers moved across bar this meant that if using two tools you needed some thing to get them at the same height ( planer gauge and cigarette paper) . All of this in the days when a surface gauge was a normal tool used for set up and dial indicators would have been a high Tec tool not on the factory floor ,instead of being a 30 dollar through away. So transfer measurements were the normal way to do things as with a mike and a lot was done with a scale. so a planer gauge would have been used on both planer and shaper to establish the first cut height so as not to over load machine on rough material or get half way across and find you weren't deep enough for clean up . Pretty interesting tool used by very clever men. ( At least I think, as I am not old enough to have been there 66, and got all this info from Old Gentlemen, books, and the net)? regards jim h

Nice meatloaf Tom thanks for sharing. Ho the bearings should be here next week, so if they are correct I will be happy, thanks to you. :{) I will send a photo. Rob

that stamp/hammer/box was gorgeous, he should sell on ebay

Those are some cool text/reference books. The rubber stamp and its box are really nice. I cracked up over that stamp "handle". I always wondered what cyanide was used for. I heard something about plating shops and mining??? I know that your red blood cells exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide. Carbon monoxide grabs ahold of 5 times as many red blood cells as CO2, and it doesn't let go as easily. Cyanide (CNO) grabs 25 times as many red blood cells. I'm unsure of those ratios, it's been 35 years since I took physiology and chemistry. So you suffocate, no free red cells for oxygen. Anyways, I'm sure it is indispensable for some use.

I've been thinking about making a paper weight from chips in resin...

nice video.

Tom, use the stamp in the front portion of the books. This used to be quite common.

Adam's chips? I'd buy those in the .75 vaccuum chip bags lol

Are you sure the decimal point hadn't faded away in that old book?? 7.0 lbs sounds about right...LOL I bet that's interesting reading in there. ;-) Hope your new year was good...and a great year ahead!! Colin ;-)

hey , i just picked up a master P/G , would like to see a demo if you can do something up

For anyone getting into CNC, the two volume Machining Data Handbook is one of the best investments you will ever make. You will make better parts, break fewer tools, and increase production. Frank

Hi Tom A great start for the new year. Thanks for the info on the planer gauge. Any chance you can incorporate how to use radius gauges into a future vid?

Great helping of meatloaf to savor,,, cool books too! Lots of nice things to enhance all the ol' mental tool boxes! All the best..... :o] O,

Any discussion of jig boring machines in that text?

Chuck was not down with your chips, but turned out some some real jerky....perhaps if you displayed a much bigger zip lock bag he might take a hint?

hi tom all the best for 2015

Hi Tom, Since always HorsePower is increasing and ManPower is decreasing...... Huuuummmm! Cheers, Pierre

I hear a SLAM - video cut at 19:40. Now my curiosity is peeked.

Just wanted to let you know I'm making a jig to make ladders with rungs that are inline . And I'm going to TRY to make a two part ladder. I will let you know how it comes out.

Can I ask are you the only one at your workshop or are there more people?

That bevel is A-Bomb size?

Up untill the 70´s Imperial threads was common in Sweden, just look at the older Volvos for example.

planer gage starts @11:46

Funny that you do meatloaf on Mondays. As a kid, my mom would make meatloaf everyday except Monday. On Monday we got chicken! I hate meatloaf. Just wanted to thank you for putting out these great videos. I wanted to ask a question, I hope it's not too commonly asked: I need a metal lathe for my garage. Right now I am a little strapped for cash as I am paying off 2 student loans and am starting a machinist course soon. I am thinking of getting a little 7x14 chinese lathe (sieg c3 possibly) how do you feel about these for hobby use.

29:40 have a look at monochromators, they use micrometers to adjust the mirror inside see here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rMt1h7mWqtnFfoE.html

I have a PDF of one of the more recent editions of ANSI/ASME Y14.5M "Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing" if anyone in the group cares to read the volume. Just let me know. It really is a handy reference for symbols. Anyone in the group care to post a video on that subject? I been a ASQ member for a number of years so.. I could.

Think about it 70 lbs a minute?? Stack 90 lb. bags of cement all day long. Been there in the 1960s. People still do that.

I want that book. Wow.

I feel weak after this video. I doubt I could even hold 70lbs for 10hours a day. :-( Heck at the rate of just lifting 70lbs a minute that would be 42000lbs in a 10hr day!! Are you sure you read that value right? At 70lbs a second that would be 2.5 million pounds a day. Getter done! lol

You guys in the machining community must conspire over video content! LOL!! I was watching Marc L'Ecuyer over on "That Lazy Machinist" and he was giving a lesson on dimensions and tolerance in reading blueprints (kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nNCGaZl-yqq1n2Q.html). This isn't the first coincidence of content I've noticed. Probably just everyone is watching everyone else. I'm just very thankful that all of you are sharing your knowledge and experience.

Tom, 70ft-lb/sec is 0.127 hp, so a "man" is capable of exerting about 1/4 hp.

Happy new year Tom I did not know you had a depo in the UK 😀 www.oxtools.co.uk Good varied meat loaf this week Stuart

Oh wow, another name check, your secret agent at SMEE will be pleased, he keeps telling people I'm famous in America or youtube, which amounts to the same thing. As a thank you, I wont resume normal service and tell you off for sometimes putting "th" at the end of height. ATB for 2016(thought I would get in first for next year) chris

Uhh uhhhh uhhhh ahhh uhhh ummm. That's all you hear the entire video. Find a new word.. your making these videos unbearable to watch