All,

This may not be one of the more usual posts on this forum, but, this is something I'd like to share.

By way of this forum, I recently become the new custodian of a number of tools, taps, dies, cutters, drills and stock materials from the estate of a Mr John Gliddon. He was a much loved and respected friend of a fellow forum member here. I never met John, but he sounded like someone you'd want to know.

I asked permission to mention his name here with some pics.

Being an engineer, John enjoyed making models and so he had tooling for such. It also seems that, being a gentleman of the old school, and no doubt, enjoying his hobby in times when there were not cheap tools-aplenty coming from all corners of the east, he made many of his own tools. I gather a number of them are apprentice-style exercises - but as I understand, John was an electrical engineer, not mechanical or fitting.

My reason for wanting to share this is just how inspiring a thing it is. Certainly, I find it inspiring, especially when I am actually now using quite a number of the tools he made and enjoying their utility. Some are way better than my present bought ones.

Many are purposeful in outlook but the fit and the attention to detail is great - and above all, they do their job well.

The tapping tools are wonderful to use. The collection of g-clamps have been pressed straight into action. The thin v-blocks are very handy. The small vice is beautifully made and has already gained some use. The surface gauge is very well made. Even the hand-held 'pistol' hacksaw has come in handy.

I hope seeing his tools live on makes him happy somewhere, because it darn sure makes me happy to use them. I mean that.

So John, if you're listening somewhere in the great workshop of the here-after, thanks for the tools and the inspiration mate.

Some pics of some of the tools:


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Greg.
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