Newbie- need help with dads tools

[nocoredneck]

hello to all,very fine forum you all have here. i'm not a machinist, however my dad was an experimental machinist in the space and defense industry for 30+ years ( his work is in the smithsonian, made the claw for the first viking mars lander). he passed away 11 years ago and i've left all his tools alone until now. i have many, many measuring tools ( calipers, etc. )and cans and cans of different taps and screw extractors.i dont want to throw this stuff away, i believe there might be a market for these items. also, not knowing exactly what everything is , i would probably get ripped off. so my question's are....1. is there a market for used equiptment? 2.what is this stuff worth ? and last 3. i want somebody in the industry to have it, somebody that would appreciate it's past and would use it with skill. any suggestions ? any kind of help would be greatly appreciated, thanks

[dertsap]

there is a good market for used quality tooling , ebay would probably fetch the highest price for individual items or at least be a good indicator on what prices you can expect to charge
if you provide some pics then i'm sure everyone will behappy to roughly evaluate the worth for you

[DeadTom]

Yes, there is a market and yes some pictures or a listing of said tools would help in evaluating their potential worth. I for one am always on the look out for older tools, they always seem to last for a long time more so than most of the newer Chinese stuff.
Tom

[nocoredneck]

thank you gentlemen. as soon as i can i'll post the pics. i am gonna check out e bay right now. is there an online guide of tooling out therethat can be used for reference ?

[machineman66]

let me know what you have. I like to work with tools that have history

[dertsap]

here's a pdf for mitutoyo tools , should help you identify what type of tools you've got , http://www.mitutoyo.ca/files/spring_...0flyer_eng.pdf

[laurencen]

post a few pictures, I doubt anyone uses the old style verniers anymore they are electronic but hand tools are allways usefull

[nocoredneck]

thanks. the mitutoyo site helped as well as the online starrett catalog. i have just about everything identified, about 300 items. will photograph and post as soon as possible. should each tap and specs. be listed ?

[ImanCarrot]

I doubt anyone uses the old style verniers anymore

I use em the youngsters dun know how to use em so they don't get "borrowed" lol my digitals are always going AWOL.

Also, there's nothing worse than having a digital caliper battery dying on you mid production, heh.

[p38nut]

Originally Posted by nocoredneck hello to all,very fine forum you all have here. i'm not a machinist, however my dad was an experimental machinist in the space and defense industry for 30+ years ( his work is in the smithsonian, made the claw for the first viking mars lander). he passed away 11 years ago and i've left all his tools alone until now. i have many, many measuring tools ( calipers, etc. )and cans and cans of different taps and screw extractors.i dont want to throw this stuff away, i believe there might be a market for these items. also, not knowing exactly what everything is , i would probably get ripped off. so my question's are....1. is there a market for used equiptment? 2.what is this stuff worth ? and last 3. i want somebody in the industry to have it, somebody that would appreciate it's past and would use it with skill. any suggestions ? any kind of help would be greatly appreciated, thanks

I hauled my dad's tools along with me for several moves. I finally took some of them for my usage and called around some of the tool & die shops to see who had an apprenticeship program. I split up the tools to various programs because apprentices don't always have money to by tools. I think your dad would be proud to know his tools were still in trade, even if he wasn't. P.S. I gave them away, not sold them.

Thanks. Mike