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Urban Ore #28: Starrett Micrometer
This is
part 28
in a
29 part
series:
Urban Ore
For $8 — not a typo
Minty in the box
I am shook
It had no price. That usually means $1-$5
Greg, the guy ringing me up took one look at it, looked me in the eye, looked back at the tool, looked back at me, said “what do you think?”
I looked at the tool, looked back at Greg, shot him a funny look, glanced back at the tool, and shot up my hands, “I don’t know.”
Greg said “I have no clue. I have to trust you. You and I both know if I call Claudio over here, it’s going to be expensive (just look at it).”
I respond: “I mean, over $100, not from here but new. The best I ever got here was a 30X multiplier, … I won’t do that to you here.”
(Mentally divided 100 by 20 to get $5 — I can’t do them like that)
I respond: $8
Greg responds: done. Let us never speak of this again.
(Rings me up extremely fast)
Greg says “put that in your pocket, don’t let Claudio see you with that. He’s right behind you.”
Me: shoves it in my inside coat pocket immediately.
Behold …
Minty in the box
I am shook
It had no price. That usually means $1-$5
Greg, the guy ringing me up took one look at it, looked me in the eye, looked back at the tool, looked back at me, said “what do you think?”
I looked at the tool, looked back at Greg, shot him a funny look, glanced back at the tool, and shot up my hands, “I don’t know.”
Greg said “I have no clue. I have to trust you. You and I both know if I call Claudio over here, it’s going to be expensive (just look at it).”
I respond: “I mean, over $100, not from here but new. The best I ever got here was a 30X multiplier, … I won’t do that to you here.”
(Mentally divided 100 by 20 to get $5 — I can’t do them like that)
I respond: $8
Greg responds: done. Let us never speak of this again.
(Rings me up extremely fast)
Greg says “put that in your pocket, don’t let Claudio see you with that. He’s right behind you.”
Me: shoves it in my inside coat pocket immediately.
Behold …
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Oh, and a few seconds later, I found this … which deserves its very own post …
That gray box contains something similar
That gray box contains something similar
After checking eBay, it looks like I could have over-estimated the price, but $8 is still a steal!
Is that a 1"-2"?
Either way, SCORE!
Picture w/circle looks like a cheapazz hacksaw?
Either way, SCORE!
Picture w/circle looks like a cheapazz hacksaw?
1”-2” if I understand correctly.
It’s the gray box under the cheapazz hacksaw
It’s the gray box under the cheapazz hacksaw
Awesome find!
Ryan/// ~sigh~ I blew up another bowl. Moke told me "I made the inside bigger than the outside".
I would have thought that an empty cardboard Starrett box would cost more than $8.
Urban Ore sounds like an awesome store.
Urban Ore sounds like an awesome store.
I used to rebuild a lot of engines and always had to borrow the "good" measuring instruments because they were so specialized and expensive. 1"-2" is not a big "user" for a lot of stuff but at that price you could easily turn a quick $$. A keeper though!
Every time I see those red boxes, I lose my mind.
I left my prescription glasses at the store. Had to go back and thankfully they had found them.
I left my prescription glasses at the store. Had to go back and thankfully they had found them.
Nice, right there! I have a set of Mitutoyo 0-1, 1-2, 2-3, 3-4, 4-5, 5-6 mikes. I don't need them any more; haven't built an engine in over 20 years. Don't know where that 3-4 evaporated to.
Steven- Random Orbital Nailer
