Check here every week for a new antique item from Arthur's tool box!

**Yanis** · 17th January 2016, 11:35 PM

Originally Posted by ch!ppy

american weight and measures are so antiquated its crazy, even the british before changing to decimal updated their imperial system (gallons and few other things) but the americans still use the same old ones. so that baffles me as well

cheers
chippy

Don't even get me started on standards and measures

I could go on all night...interestingly the US parliament passed legislation to recognise the metric system way back in the early nineteenth century. Go figure. But that is an entirely different story.

John

PS Little known fact that the US and UK inch was different until 1948. You can just imagine how that impacted parts manufacture during WW II. As of 1948 the inch is based off the metric standard.

**Dave Stanton** · 18th January 2016, 09:15 PM

How can I disappoint you Chippy after that heartfelt appeal to my nationalism? I will make extra effort to call a rebate a rebate. I am very aware that whilst I am a single voice, the power of youtube gives that single voice a whole lot more ears to listen to it.

**Yanis** · 19th January 2016, 09:22 AM

Originally Posted by Dave Stanton

How can I disappoint you Chippy after that heartfelt appeal to my nationalism? I will make extra effort to call a rebate a rebate. I am very aware that whilst I am a single voice, the power of youtube gives that single voice a whole lot more ears to listen to it.

Ha ha ... well said. Saw your latest vid and the wife said "look at all of that Festool" and she started to drool. I said "that is his day job" and she said "even so...".

Sometimes you have to laugh.

John

**Dave Stanton** · 19th January 2016, 09:23 PM

Haha John, tell her 3 systainers (note empty pigeon holes to the right hand of the screen) were in the car actually earning their keep on a job.

**ian** · 20th January 2016, 01:53 AM

Originally Posted by Dave Stanton

Next one here. https://youtu.be/E3Ct6qQFKBw

Dave, can I get you to update this episode of What's in Arthur's toolbox?

Back in Episode 4, you showed us Arthur's home made version of a Stanley #99 side rebate plane.
So your Great Grandfather had a pair, a Stanley (USA) #98 and a home made #99.
Juxtaposing both planes and comparing their usefulness would make a very interesting video.

BTW
Stanley "bolt and hinge division" started in New Britain Connecticut in 1843 (the "Rule and Level division" commenced in 1857).
The company started making tools in the UK in 1937, which makes it confusing in Australia because early tools will be US manufactured, while more common tools from the late 1930s onwards are likely to be UK made, and then from about 1964 (I think) after Stanley bought a 50% interest in Titan tools, a limited range of planes were manufactured in Australia.

**Dave Stanton** · 20th January 2016, 06:18 AM

Learning all the time. Will look at that but it will have to wait a little while. Thanks for the Stanley history.

**ian** · 20th January 2016, 07:52 AM

Originally Posted by Dave Stanton

Learning all the time.

I think we all are ...

**Dave Stanton** · 21st January 2016, 06:19 AM

Episode 15 here.
https://youtu.be/0JfAqymCMec

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