What Are These Tools For?

[brandenjg]

Hello forumites Ive been tasked with clearing up B.I.L's shed for him and I've come across a few tools I'm clueless about. I'm trying to work out the uses and value of the tools so I can get him some money together towards his project. Also came across a beer pump and a big calor gas bottle he didn't know he had.

[JanetAnne]

Lots of verniers, calipers, dial gauges, micrometers etc. Someone used to be an engineer or maybe manufactured items on a lathe?

The little tool with the five fingers each end in the bottom right of the first picture is for measuring a threads pitch.

The pump thing in the bottom picture is lost on me though I suspect one or two on here will have a very good idea!  lol 

[quo vadis]

All those tools including the pump are used by engineers the beer pump more than most 

[VetChugger]

That's a handsome beer engine you have there Brandon!(I think) Looking closely, it appears to have huntsmen scenes on the handle which are very similar to the original Tetley pumps.

The reason for the "I think" is that I'm not expert and I know there have been some very clever mock ups to try and persuade the quaffer that they are receiving the real stuff. Now they would never try and kid us would they????

[diesel falcon]

The long thing with a handle like a funny chisel is a white metal bearing scraper, i last used one those in about 1976 on a large big end bearing ona refrigeration compressor, lots of engineering blue on that job!!

The gauges are dial test gauges for checking roundness, or play in a lathe shaft ect.

[Baitrunner]

The drill bits make holes in stuff

[JanetAnne]

1 hour ago, Baitrunner said:

The drill bits make holes in stuff

look out peeps, we have an expert amongst us

[tjg1677]

3 hours ago, diesel falcon said:

The long thing with a handle like a funny chisel is a white metal bearing scraper, i last used one those in about 1976 on a large big end bearing ona refrigeration compressor, lots of engineering blue on that job!!

The gauges are dial test gauges for checking roundness, or play in a lathe shaft ect.

Yes, definitely a bearing scraper used for larger bearing journals to ensure a good annular fit. Used one identical to that last in 1982 to fettle the brass journals on a minesweeping winch input shaft.

Third picture is a deflection gauge for checking radial throwout (concentricity ) on shafting and rotary equipment. Very useful for checking your propshaft is not bent !

Fourth pic, the v shaped gadget is a centre finder used for finding the centre of a circle.

Trev

[MauriceMynah]

9 hours ago, Baitrunner said:

The drill bits make holes in stuff

Boring !

[brandenjg]

Would anyone know anything about the calculimetre. How would you use one? Out of everything it seems the coolest looking tool to me.

P.s I only know it's a calculimetre because it's engraved on it 

[JennyMorgan]

http://retrocalculators.com/charpentier.htm

It could be worth a bob or two!

[Vaughan]

11 hours ago, JanetAnne said:

The little tool with the five fingers each end in the bottom right of the first picture is for measuring a threads pitch.

I thought that was the Fred Karno's Army knife, with the attachment for getting Boy Scouts out of Girl Guides?

[Vaughan]

11 hours ago, brandenjg said:

 

The Two of Hearts, built before the War, had one of those as a pump for the toilet. There's recycling for you!

[JennyMorgan]

1 minute ago, Vaughan said:

 

The Two of Hearts, built before the War, had one of those as a pump for the toilet. There's recycling for you!

Think that I'll stick to bottled beer from now on.

[brandenjg]

23 minutes ago, JennyMorgan said:

http://retrocalculators.com/charpentier.htm

It could be worth a bob or two!

Fingers crossed. I've just sent some pics to a dealer, if they offer anything over £20 then I'll know it's actually valuable. I've been caught out many times like that then seen the items pride of place in the window with a price tag 10x what I was paid.

[ranworthbreeze]

Hi Brandenjg,

There is a couple of Beer Pump Engines on Ebay currently. One is on a BIN at £49 and the other is a auction and is currently £28 with four bidders.

The engineering tools are interesting but may not be worth that much, anyone in engineering would have to send the micrometers & dial gauges away for calibration checking before use.

The original cost of these tools would have been an arm & several legs!

Regards

Alan  

 

[stumpy]

The beer engine handle looks like the one Greene King fitted twenty-odd years ago - I pulled many a pint though one at Felixstowe Customs club back in the day!

[brandenjg]

Sold all the tools. I have kept the calculimetre to wait and see what it's worth.

Thanks for all the information on the tools, I would never of known what they were otherwise. Always amazes me the range on knowledge people on this forum have.

Branden

[Regulo]

Have you noticed a lot of it relates to alcohol? It's manufacture, transportation, storage, delivery systems and end-user experience. .

[Viking23]

On 23 February 2017 at 8:55 AM, JennyMorgan said:http://retrocalculators.com/charpentier.htm

It could be worth a bob or two!

What a fantastic circular slide rule, it even has pi 3.1415926......

Wow... nice piece of engineering. 

Should easily calculate areas of circles, also missing sides in right angled triangles, (pythagorus) etc. and many complex multiplications, batteries not included too, so no running costs.

I bet a few people have been known to use the micrometer as a G clamp lol, or a vernier as an adjustable spanner... doh...

Internal and external calipers excellent precision engineering tools there, may be used by a tool maker.