Good Afternoon ! I have a larger, Ultra Fine stone like that. It was my Grandfathers. I'm 63 & cherish the tools I got from both of the MEN. Now I know how to flatten it. Thank You. TAKE CARE..

Good Afternoon ! That is one nice looking Rock Hammer. New SUB. TAKE CARE..

Well done, ToolScouter! You gave that tape another 100 years. 😀👍

That tape came out great! Of course if I was painting it with my luck I would have dropped it 😅. Thanks again and we will see you next time.

That old tape turned out great. Nicely done

gonna need a bigger wall!

ToolScouter, This brought a tear to my eye. I had the identical Lufkin 100 footer, and indeed, primarily used by Land surveyors. Originally measuring distances was accomplished using very accurately calibrated Chains. And the term hold to this day. A surveyor will say they need to “Chain” the distance between two points. Mine was given to my by my Dad and he engraved my name in the frame. But that wasn’t enough to prevent some Miscreant from steeling it from my tool box while I was on vacation! You didn’t mention it but your example was graduated in feet and Tenths, the traditional unit of land measurement in the US. BTW, mine had a stained and varnished handle and I believe that is the way they came from the factory. I’d bet that the handle got painted after an incident where someone laid it down in the weeds and had a hard time finding it! Still miss my 100 ft. Surveyor’s chain. Mark L😊

That is a very nice tape measure. Love the numbers - they are bold and can be seen well. Thanks for sharing the clean-up.

Very nice clean up sir! I always like to see what old tools you find. Your tool wall is looking great!! 👍🇺🇲

Nice job. Back in the 70's when I worked o the Mississippi River those were used to measure the draft of ships or barges, You hung a brass plumb bob on the end.

Great job. And glad i could help!

I really appreciate the old tools. That was in good condition for something that is close to 100 years old. Thanks for sharing

Nice cleanup! Lufkin is a quality product.

You have a nice drafting set. The pieces you say look like tweezers are actually ink pens. Most drawing was done with lead, but some mechanical drawings and plans were required to be in ink. The tweezers held ink for the drawing. It was really frustrating to be almost finished with a complex drawing in ink, just to have a little burp and drop a blob of ink on your print. I speak from experience. When I was at college working on my Civil Engineering degree, long before CAD, we did all our drawings by hand and some had to be in ink. At the same time I was using those instruments, my computer was a Post Versalog slide rule!

That's a nice 100ft tape now there plastic not the same

Good. Job. On. The. Handle

Maybe now I'll drag mine out and get it cleaned up tomorrow....❤❤❤

Nice video.

Lucky to find an old one in such nice condition. They sell a modern version of that and they ain't cheap, of course adjusted for inflation they were really expense back then too.

Thats a steel survey tape used for measuring across flat land and terrain. Good accuracy in that environment over a cloth or nylon tape. Thanks for the video

Great job! The lack of stretch makes those old tape measures still practical today! 😃👍

the handle is scoutcrafter red as he calls it!

That old Lufkin tape measure turned out great. Like anything Lufkin.

Fascinating history. The crown numbers may be the size of the internal thread. Thanks for sharing. Dave.

At min. 16.. that tool is à puller to remove small clocks and alarm clocks hands.

Thanks for sharing more of your family's history with us! There's some very interesting tools and bits that make you wonder what they were used for. Have a great weekend and see you next time.

Great video, I will help you identify some of the items, The box of Crowns are in glass bottles and the numbers are used with a chart to help find the ones you want. They use different tap sizes around normally 8-10. That incabloc item you said was for a larger clock is an advertising item to show off the shock system in a watch that helps prevent the balance shaft from breaking if it is dropped. They became common in watch after the late 40"s and incabloc is probably the most common. It's a very rare item. The taps and the box of tools normally do have 2 purposes, but I would need a closer shot of the vise end to be sure. They can be used to hold the taps and sometimes they can be used to move metal around the jewel if it need to be removed. The next box said it held ruby jewels. Some jewels are very small so make sure to use magnification and make sure they aren't hiding in plain sight. The jewel screws are used to hold the jewel mounts and yes, they are very small. The calipers are used to true balances, pivots and wheels if they are bent and the little rod with the slots are used to bend or true the components. The item marked Germany is normally a puller used to remove watch hands but it has other uses as well. The bar with the holes has many uses as well but it is normally used to press out press fit pivots from balances or wheels. That black round item be used as a tool to hold items down while working on the movement.

I love Grand Dad videos, I watched a you tuber for 3 years that I did not like, but because he had grandad vids often, I would watch him lol

My cousin sent me a picture yesterday of two tools he wanted to know what they were for! One was a Fordson and the other a Starrett RPM tools that you used a watch with! with!

Very interesting trade with everything being so small, I don't believe you could pick up the parts by hand and place them. I wonder if some of those are for placing parts. Thanks for sharing your family's history

What a change your grandfather endured moving from working with farm machinery to the intricacies of watch repair. Amazing little tools. Thanks for sharing. 😀👍

$8.50 for that caliper? You can only imagine what that would cost today.

12:54 not the most interesting piece of insight, but to me that looks like a broken sewing machine needle

Sweet tool collection

13:14 My guess is that the item is a soft wire sizer? You pull soft wire through the bottom (where all the holes are the same), and the wire comes out in the gauge that you want.

Those are some very interesting little tools. I have no idea what most of them are but they are neat.

interesting very compact tools!!!

This is very interesting to see tools from another trade thanks for sharing this

Awesome stuff!

That set of holders, I believe are for holding tiny balance screws. Looks like you have some vials of balance screws. The caliper is a balance truing caliper. The balance is clamped in either end to check the trueness with the arms. The tool is used to straighten out the balance or the arm of the balance. The one clamping tool, I believe is a hand remover.

Nice video.

Thanks for the video. Some fascinating little tools! Lots of fun to see stuff like that and try to figure out what it is for.

Tomahawk seems to be an obvious one

That is a plum, riggax or riggers axe. I have many, I used to frame. How's with them. The face of the hammer is a framing face. Not smooth period

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Thats a monster of a piece of kit, jealous of that workshop, fantastic job . .

I would go nuts in those two places

The hardware store handles are trash!

just ran by this one. I love SMKW

Thanks for taking us along and what a great place to go and find some treasures. That Lufkin tape measure sure is unique. Love those screwdrivers-especially that little baby one!