Tool Maker Aprons

[MrWild]

Where can I find white muslin aprons that have a waist level pocket, and a swinging left chest micrometer pocket? I am not a Carpenter with a blue denim apron. Some people feel any apron is fine, but the white muslin apron represents the trade. Now that I'm being (gladly) drug back into it, I'd like the white apron to represent my shop. I haven't found a supplier yet, but have just hit the cheap places like Enco. Time to try McMaster-Carr I suppose.

[ajmoir]

Funny.

I remember back in the UK back in the early 80s as I walked past the factories at closing time I could tell the trades by what they wore.

Machinist blue pants and blue shirt
Snr. Machinist blue pants, blue shirt and blue shop coat
Shift lead Blue pants, blue shirt and white shop coat
Engineer Blue pants, white shirt, white shop coat

The predominance of blue was because it was a Ford town. Other departments had similar color schemes e.g. then engine house had green coats for seniority.

Place turned into a ghost town under Maggie :-(

[ImanCarrot]

Place turned into a ghost town under Maggie :-(

Yeah she did that to a lot of places- specialy in Scotland. When I got this job I told the boss that when Maggie died I was taking a week off to party no matter how busy we were.

You should be able to get the coat you want on E-Bay I'd have thought. Perhaps under protective clothing?

Here's some links I found:

http://www.zemskys.com/dickies/lab-coats-aprons.htm
http://coverallstore.com/toolapron.htm
http://www.schooluniforms.com/workaprons.html

I have no connectioin with these companies.

[RICHARD ZASTROW]

Must be a British thing, ours were the blue denim stuff. Even the shop coats were blue, but they weren't denim. The shop coats were HBT's (Herringbone twill) like the old US Army fatique uniforms.

[DJPLAST]

Take a look here:

http://www.sevenmilecreek.com/

If they don't have it, they can probably make it.

[corndog67]

In our shop, most of the time, its a black motorcycle related T-shirt, blue jeans or shorts.

[sdopp]

Ah at last corndog67 the new breed of machining (from and old fart)

[corndog67]

And on a nice warm day, there will be 6 or 7 hot rod sportbikes sitting right in front of the office. One day last month, we shut the shop down and went to a track day at Willow Springs.

[ManicMachinist]

Originally Posted by DJPLAST Take a look here: http://www.sevenmilecreek.com/ If they don't have it, they can probably make it.

The best aprons I've ever had were made by seven mile creek.

They have sewn my aprons for a few years now, I have 2 swinging breast pockets, he gets the waist pockets just right, if you are like me and can't work without an apron on, call Bill, he has what you need.

[Eurisko]

The last person I saw wearing a white apron at our shop...

Was some guy in a pickup truck who stopped in our lot. Third shift, about 1:30 am. He was selling meat. The white apron was slightly blood stained.

Needless to say, we all became vegetarians that night.

Blue denim works for me. Hides dirt. And blood.

[ManicMachinist]

Originally Posted by Eurisko The last person I saw wearing a white apron at our shop... Was some guy in a pickup truck who stopped in our lot. Third shift, about 1:30 am. He was selling meat. The white apron was slightly blood stained. Needless to say, we all became vegetarians that night. Blue denim works for me. Hides dirt. And blood.

Apprentices wear blue aprons,

Serve your time earn a white apron.

MM