Miniature tools

[Tractor manParticipant @tractorman]

Just a quick photo of my miniature tooling made over a period of a few months when nothing else was on the slip way.

I took these to Harrogate and won a bronze for them, not bad for my first entry, must have a go at improving.

[Tractor manParticipant @tractorman]

A few tiny pieces I made

[SillyOldDufferModerator @sillyoldduffer]

Very nice! Pics like this make it obvious that I need more practice though. Perhaps a lot more…

Congratulations on the bronze,

Dave

[steveteeParticipant @stevetee]

Excuse my ignorance , but what sort of size are these tools?

[Tractor manParticipant @tractorman]

Yes the scale is 1/4 actual size so the surface gauge column is 4 inches high. The planer gauge is just over an inch high. Mick

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

When were they at Harrogate, if I had spotted them I would have put a pic in MEW.

Neil

[David ColwillParticipant @davidcolwill19261]

They look fantastic but I fear you will not get the best reaction without something to give a sense of scale. Might I suggest the same photo with a fifty pence piece

Well done for the bronze from me too.

Regards.

David.

[Ian S CParticipant @iansc]

No David, coins are no good, this is an international site, I use either a 6" steel rule, or a 0-1" micrometer in most of my photos. Although in this one I used a match box. Ian S C

Edited By Ian S C on 30/01/2016 11:35:38

[David ColwillParticipant @davidcolwill19261]

Posted by Ian S C on 30/01/2016 11:34:33:

No David, coins are no good, this is an international site, I use either a 6" steel rule, or a 0-1" micrometer in most of my photos. Although in this one I used a match box. Ian S C

Edited By Ian S C on 30/01/2016 11:35:38

Good point!

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

Posted by Ian S C on 30/01/2016 11:34:33:

No David, coins are no good, this is an international site, I use either a 6" steel rule, or a 0-1" micrometer in most of my photos. Although in this one I used a match box. Ian S C

Edited By Ian S C on 30/01/2016 11:35:38

Matchboxes not to useful either!

Here in the UK match boxes vary from about 1 1/4" long to over 4"… (we do like setting fire to things).

Neil

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

Perhas a good dimensional reference would be the AA Pen-Cell

These are available internationally, and the size & shape are standard.

MichaelG.

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