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Folding rule
Saw
Paintbrushes
Hammer
Gjæresag (don't know the english term...)
I also used a few other things that I didn't think of when I started:
Leveling "thing"
Carpenter's square
Olfa utility knife
Drill
The flea market is a great place to get inexpensive hand tools.
Read more about the Silicon Valley Electronics Flea Market here.
Painter's masking tape and card-board from the copy-shop.
Did bottom line of pixels without a level at first, then redid it.
With this tool, cartographers could measure linear distances on maps by running the tiny wheel along the line between two points. Then they calculated the actual ground distance using the dial reading and the map’s scale.
Here it is then! Now the secret is out I thought I'd share this. This is what I use for the dome. The leds are colour selectable so I use the same tool for all my different coloured domes and the best bit is it's remote controlled!
I just made this cabinet for my shop to hold all my hand tools. This is the first piece of actual furniture I've made... You can see it unfinished here
The beginnings of the project. Notebook, map, tape, glue, pen, scissors, square. Our DIY Moleskine Travel notebook for Helsinki, FI.
I went to the dentist' office today for my teeth to be cleaned. These are tools the dental hygienist used. They also took x-ray. I didn't have any cavities. (Probably everything has already been filled, capped, or crowned.) Haha :D
I made my own ink blending tools and they work great.
I used a 1.5 Inch W-X 3/4 inches H- X 6 feet long piece of wood . I cut it down to 1inch wide to 3/4 high by 1 3/4 in long pieces, then I took a dowel cut it into 2 in long pieces should have cut them shorter to 1.5 will fix that later. and the knob on top is a 1inch doll head you can get them in any craft store then added foam and Velcro to the bottom . I think the cost for each blending tool I made is about one dollar.
More lockdown still life photography. Another piece from the box of ancient woodworking tools. Shot in colour this time using the Canon 5DS & a Voigtlander 90mm f3.5 Apo-Lanthar Lens.
A.T.C.system 加工中心机刀库
Aluminum continuous melting & holding furnaces 连续溶解保温炉
Balancing equipment 平衡设备
Bayonet 卡口
Bearing fittings 轴承配件
Bearing processing equipment 轴承加工机
Bearings 轴承
Belt drive 带传动
Bending machines 弯曲机
Blades 刀片
Blades,saw 锯片
Bolts,screws & nuts 螺栓,螺帽及螺丝
Boring heads 搪孔头
Boring machines 镗床
Cable making tools 造线机
Casting,aluminium 铸铝
Casting,copper 铸铜
Casting,gray iron 铸灰口铁
Casting,malleable iron 可锻铸铁
Casting,other 其他铸造
Casting,steel 铸钢
Chain drive 链传动
Chain making tools 造链机
Chamfer machines 倒角机
Chucks 夹盘
Clamping/holding systems 夹具/支持系统
CNC bending presses 电脑数控弯折机
CNC boring machines 电脑数控镗床
CNC drilling machines 电脑数控钻床
CNC EDM wire-cutting machines 电脑数控电火花线切削机
CNC electric discharge machines 电脑数控电火花机
CNC engraving machines 电脑数控雕刻机
CNC grinding machines 电脑数控磨床
CNC lathes 电脑数控车床
CNC machine tool fittings 电脑数控机床配件
CNC milling machines 电脑数控铣床
CNC shearing machines 电脑数控剪切机
CNC toolings CNC刀杆
CNC wire-cutting machines 电脑数控线切削机
Conveying chains 输送链
Coolers 冷却机
Coupling 联轴器
Crimping tools 卷边工具
Cutters 刀具
Cutting-off machines 切断机
Diamond cutters 钻石刀具
Dicing saws 晶圆切割机
Die casting dies 压铸冲模
Die casting machines 压铸机
Dies-progressive 连续冲模
Disposable toolholder bits 舍弃式刀头
Drawing machines 拔丝机
Drilling machines 钻床
Drilling machines bench 钻床工作台
Drilling machines,high-speed 高速钻床
Drilling machines,multi-spindle 多轴钻床
Drilling machines,radial 摇臂钻床
Drilling machines,vertical 立式钻床
drills 钻头
Electric discharge machines(EDM) 电火花机
Electric power tools 电动刀具
Engraving machines 雕刻机
Engraving machines,laser 激光雕刻机
Etching machines 蚀刻机
Finishing machines 修整机
Fixture 夹具
Forging dies 锻模
Forging,aluminium 锻铝
Forging,cold 冷锻
Forging,copper 铜锻
Forging,other 其他锻造
Forging,steel 钢锻
Foundry equipment 铸造设备
Gear cutting machines 齿轮切削机
Gears 齿轮
Gravity casting machines 重力铸造机
Grinder bench 磨床工作台
Grinders,thread 螺纹磨床
Grinders,tools & cutters 工具磨床
Grinders,ultrasonic 超声波打磨机
Grinding machines 磨床
Grinding machines,centerless 无心磨床
Grinding machines,cylindrical 外圆磨床
Grinding machines,universal 万能磨床
Grinding tools 磨削工具
Grinding wheels 磨轮
Hand tools 手工具
Hard/soft and free expansion sheet making plant
硬(软)板(片)材及自由发泡板机组
Heat preserving furnaces 保温炉
Heating treatment funaces 熔热处理炉
Honing machines 搪磨机
Hydraulic components 液压元件
Hydraulic power tools 液压工具
Hydraulic power units 液压动力元件
Hydraulic rotary cylinders 液压回转缸
Jigs 钻模
Lapping machines 精研机
Lapping machines,centerless 无心精研机
Laser cutting 激光切割
Laser cutting for SMT stensil 激光钢板切割机
Lathe bench 车床工作台
Lathes,automatic 自动车床
Lathes,heavy-duty 重型车床
Lathes,high-speed 高速车床
Lathes,turret 六角车床
Lathes,vertical 立式车床
Lubricants 润滑液
Lubrication Systems 润滑系统
Lubricators 注油机
Machining centers,general 通用加工中心
Machining centers,horizontal 卧式加工中心
Machining centers,horizontal & vertical 卧式及立式加工中心
Machining centers,vertical 立式加工中心
Machining centers,vertical double-column type 立式双柱加工中心
Magnetic tools 磁性工具
Manifolds 集合管
Milling heads 铣头
Milling machines 铣床
Milling machines,bed type 床身式铣床
Milling machines,duplicating 仿形铣床
Milling machines,horizontal 卧式铣床
Milling machines,turret vertical 六角立式铣床
Milling machines,universal 万能铣床
Milling machines,vertical 立式铣床
Milling machines,vertical & horizontal 立式及卧式铣床
Mold & die components 模具单元
Mold changing systems 换模系统
Mold core 模芯
Mold heaters/chillers 模具加热器/冷却器
Mold polishing/texturing 模具打磨/磨纹
Mold repair 模具维修
Molds 模具
Nail making machines 造钉机
Oil coolers 油冷却器
Overflow cutting machines for aluminium wheels 铝轮冒口切断机
P type PVC waterproof rolled sheet making plant P型PVC高分子防水
PCB fine piecing systems 印刷电器板油压冲孔脱料系统
Pipe & tube making machines 管筒制造机
Planing machines 刨床
Planing machines vertical 立式刨床
Pneumatic hydraulic clamps 气油压虎钳
Pneumatic power tools 气动工具
Powder metallurgic forming machines 粉末冶金成型机
Presses,cold forging 冷锻冲压机
presses,crank 曲柄压力机
Presses,eccentric 离心压力机
Presses,forging 锻压机
Presses,hydraulic 液压冲床
Presses,knuckle joint 肘杆式压力机
Presses,pneumatic 气动冲床
Presses,servo 伺服冲床
Presses,transfer 自动压力机
Pressing dies 压模
Punch formers 冲子研磨器
Quick die change systems 速换模系统
Quick mold change systems 快速换模系统
Reverberatory furnaces 反射炉
Rollers 滚筒
Rolling machines 辗压机
Rotary tables 转台
Sawing machines 锯床
Sawing machines,band 带锯床
Saws,band 带锯
Saws,hack 弓锯
Saws,horizontal band 卧式带锯
Saws,vertical band 立式带锯
shafts 轴
Shapers 牛头刨床
Shearing machines 剪切机
Sheet metal forming machines 金属板成型机
Sheet metal working machines 金属板加工机
Slotting machines 插床
spindles 主轴
Stamping parts 冲压机
Straightening machines 矫直机
Switches & buttons 开关及按钮
Tapping machines 攻螺丝机
Transmitted chains 传动链
Tube bending machines 弯管机
Vertical hydraulic broaching machine 立式油压拉床
Vises 虎钳
Vises,tool-maker 精密平口钳
Wheel dressers 砂轮修整器
Woven-Cutting machines 织麦激光切割机
Wrenches 扳手
3-Jaws indexing spacers 三爪、分割工具头
Gone overboard on GeekTool. See notes for what is what... Looking for a better way to format the Twitter time line. If someone has a suggestion?
Stained glass Masonic Square and Compasses hang at the foot of my bed.
Masonic Square and Compasses.
The Square and Compasses (or, more correctly, a square and a set of compasses joined together) is the single most identifiable symbol of Freemasonry. Both the square and compasses are architect's tools and are used in Masonic ritual as emblems to teach symbolic lessons. Some Lodges and rituals explain these symbols as lessons in conduct: for example, Duncan's Masonic Monitor of 1866 explains them as: "The square, to square our actions; The compasses, to circumscribe and keep us within bounds with all mankind".
However, as Freemasonry is non-dogmatic, there is no general interpretation for these symbols (or any Masonic symbol) that is used by Freemasonry as a whole.
Square and Compasses:
Source: Mackey's Encyclopedia of Freemasonry
These two symbols have been so long and so universally combined — to teach us, as says an early instruction, "to square our actions and to keep them within due bounds," they are so seldom seen apart, but are so kept together, either as two Great Lights, or as a jewel worn once by the Master of the Lodge, now by the Past Master—that they have come at last to be recognized as the proper badge of a Master Mason, just as the Triple Tau is of a Royal Arch Mason or the Passion Cross of a Knight Templar.
So universally has this symbol been recognized, even by the profane world, as the peculiar characteristic of Freemasonry, that it has recently been made in the United States the subject of a legal decision. A manufacturer of flour having made, in 1873, an application to the Patent Office for permission to adopt the Square and Compasses as a trade-mark, the Commissioner of Patents, .J. M. Thatcher, refused the permission as the mark was a Masonic symbol.
If this emblem were something other than precisely what it is—either less known", less significant, or fully and universally understood—all this might readily be admitted. But, Considering its peculiar character and relation to the public, an anomalous question is presented. There can be no doubt that this device, so commonly worn and employed by Masons, has an established mystic significance, universally recognized as existing; whether comprehended by all or not, is not material to this issue. In view of the magnitude and extent of the Masonic organization, it is impossible to divest its symbols, or at least this particular symbol—perhaps the best known of all—of its ordinary signification, wherever displaced, either as an arbitrary character or otherwise.
It will be universally understood, or misunderstood, as having a Masonic significance; and, therefore, as a trade-mark, must constantly work deception. Nothing could be more mischievous than to create as a monopoly, and uphold by the poser of lacy anything so calculated. as applied to purposes of trade. to be misinterpreted, to mislead all classes, and to constantly foster suggestions of mystery in affairs of business (see Infringing upon Freemasonry, also Imitative Societies, and Clandestine).
In a religious work by John Davies, entitled Summa Totalis, or All in All and the Same Forever, printed in 1607, we find an allusion to the Square and Compasses by a profane in a really Masonic sense. The author, who proposes to describe mystically the form of the Deity, says in his dedication:
Yet I this forme of formelesse Deity,
Drewe by the Squire and Compasse of our Creed.
In Masonic symbolism the Square and Compasses refer to the Freemason's duty to the Craft and to himself; hence it is properly a symbol of brotherhood, and there significantly adopted as the badge or token of the Fraternity.
Berage, in his work on the higher Degrees, Les plus secrets Mystéres des Hauts Grades, or The Most Secret Mysteries of the High Grades, gives a new interpretation to the symbol. He says: "The Square and the Compasses represent the union of the Old and New Testaments. None of the high Degrees recognize this interpretation, although their symbolism of the two implements differs somewhat from that of Symbolic Freemasonry.
The Square is with them peculiarly appropriated to the lower Degrees, as founded on the Operative Art; while the Compasses, as an implement of higher character and uses, is attributed to the Decrees, which claim to have a more elevated and philosophical foundation. Thus they speak of the initiate, when he passes from the Blue Lodge to the Lodge of Perfection, as 'passing from the Square to the Compasses,' to indicate a progressive elevation in his studies. Yet even in the high Degrees, the square and compasses combined retain their primitive signification as a symbol of brotherhood and as a badge of the Order."
Square and Compass:
Source: The Builder October 1916
By Bro. B. C. Ward, Iowa
Worshipful Master and Brethren: Let us behold the glorious beauty that lies hidden beneath the symbolism of the Square and Compass; and first as to the Square. Geometry, the first and noblest of the sciences, is the basis on which the superstructure of Masonry has been erected. As you know, the word "Geometry" is derived from two Greek words which mean "to measure the earth," so that Geometry originated in measurement; and in those early days, when land first began to be measured, the Square, being a right angle, was the instrument used, so that in time the Square began to symbolize the Earth. And later it began to symbolize, Masonically, the earthly-in man, that is man's lower nature, and still later it began to symbolize man's duty in his earthly relations, or his moral obligations to his Fellowmen. The symbolism of the Square is as ancient as the Pyramids. The Egyptians used it in building the Pyramids. The base of every pyramid is a perfect square, and to the Egyptians the Square was their highest and most sacred emblem. Even the Chinese many, many centuries ago used the Square to represent Good, and Confucius in his writings speaks of the Square to represent a Just man.
As Masons we have adopted the 47th Problem of Euclid as the rule by which to determine or prove a perfect Square. Many of us remember with what interest we solved that problem in our school days. The Square has become our most significant Emblem. It rests upon the open Bible on this altar; it is one of the three great Lights; and it is the chief ornament of the Worshipful Master. There is a good reason why this distinction has been conferred upon the Square. There can be nothing truer than a perfect Square--a right angle. Hence the Square has become an emblem of Perfection.
Now a few words as to the Compass: Astronomy was the second great science promulgated among men. In the process of Man's evolution there came a time when he began to look up to the stars and wonder at the vaulted Heavens above him. When he began to study the stars, he found that the Square was not adapted to the measurement of the Heavens. He must have circular measure; he needed to draw a circle from a central point, and so the Compass was employed. By the use of the Compass man began to study the starry Heavens, and as the Square primarily symbolized the Earth, the Compass began to symbolize the Heavens, the celestial canopy, the study of which has led men to think of God, and adore Him as the Supreme Architect of the Universe. In later times the Compass began to symbolize the spiritual or higher nature of man, and it is a significant fact that the circumference of a circle, which is a line without end, has become an emblem of Eternity and symbolizes Divinity; so the Compass, and the circle drawn by the Compass, both point men Heavenward and Godward.
The Masonic teaching concerning the two points of the Compass is very interesting and instructive. The novitiate in Masonry, as he kneels at this altar, and asks for Light sees the Square, which symbolizes his lower nature, he may well note the position of the Compass. As he takes another step, and asks for more Light, the position of the Compass is changed somewhat, symbolizing that his spiritual nature can, in some measure, overcome his evil tendencies. As he takes another step in Masonry, and asks for further Light, and hears the significant words, "and God said let there be Light, and there was Light," he sees the Compass in new light; and for the first time he sees the meaning, thus unmistakably alluding to the sacred and eternal truth that as the Heavens are higher than the Earth, so the spiritual is higher than the material, and the spiritual in man must have its proper place, and should be above his lower nature, and dominate all his thoughts and actions. That eminent Philosopher, Edmund Burke, once said, "It is ordained that men of intemperate passions cannot be free. Their passions forge the chains which bind them, and make them slaves." Burke was right. Masonry, through the beautiful symbolism of the Compass, tells us how we can be free men, by permitting the spiritual within us to overcome our evil tendencies, and dominate all our thoughts and actions. Brethren, sometimes in the silent quiet hour, as we think of this conflict between our lower and higher natures, we sometimes say in the words of another, "Show me the way and let me bravely climb to where all conflicts with the flesh shall cease. Show me that way. Show me the way up to a higher plane where my body shall be servant of my Soul. Show me that way."
Brethren, if that prayer expresses desire of our hearts, let us take heed to the beautiful teachings of the Compass, which silently and persistently tells each one of us,
"You should not in the valley stay
While the great horizons stretch away
The very cliffs that wall you round
Are ladders up to higher ground.
And Heaven draws near as you ascend,
The Breeze invites, the Stars befriend.
All things are beckoning to the Best,
Then climb toward God and find sweet Rest.”
The secrets of Freemasonry are concerned with its traditional modes of recognition. It is not a secret society, since all members are free to acknowledge their membership and will do so in response to enquiries for respectable reasons. Its constitutions and rules are available to the public. There is no secret about any of its aims and principles. Like many other societies, it regards some of its internal affairs as private matters for its members. In history there have been times and places where promoting equality, freedom of thought or liberty of conscience was dangerous. Most importantly though is a question of perspective. Each aspect of the craft has a meaning. Freemasonry has been described as a system of morality, veiled in allegory and illustrated by symbols. Such characteristics as virtue, honour and mercy, such virtues as temperance, fortitude, prudence and justice are empty clichés and hollow words unless presented within an ordered and closed framework. The lessons are not secret but the presentation is kept private to promote a clearer understanding in good time. It is also possible to view Masonic secrecy not as secrecy in and of itself, but rather as a symbol of privacy and discretion. By not revealing Masonic secrets, or acknowledging the many published exposures, freemasons demonstrate that they are men of discretion, worthy of confidences, and that they place a high value on their word and bond.
Masonic Square and Compasses.
The Square and Compasses (or, more correctly, a square and a set of compasses joined together) is the single most identifiable symbol of Freemasonry. Both the square and compasses are architect's tools and are used in Masonic ritual as emblems to teach symbolic lessons. Some Lodges and rituals explain these symbols as lessons in conduct: for example, Duncan's Masonic Monitor of 1866 explains them as: "The square, to square our actions; The compasses, to circumscribe and keep us within bounds with all mankind".
However, as Freemasonry is non-dogmatic, there is no general interpretation for these symbols (or any Masonic symbol) that is used by Freemasonry as a whole.
Square and Compasses:
Source: Mackey's Encyclopedia of Freemasonry
These two symbols have been so long and so universally combined — to teach us, as says an early instruction, "to square our actions and to keep them within due bounds," they are so seldom seen apart, but are so kept together, either as two Great Lights, or as a jewel worn once by the Master of the Lodge, now by the Past Master—that they have come at last to be recognized as the proper badge of a Master Mason, just as the Triple Tau is of a Royal Arch Mason or the Passion Cross of a Knight Templar.
So universally has this symbol been recognized, even by the profane world, as the peculiar characteristic of Freemasonry, that it has recently been made in the United States the subject of a legal decision. A manufacturer of flour having made, in 1873, an application to the Patent Office for permission to adopt the Square and Compasses as a trade-mark, the Commissioner of Patents, .J. M. Thatcher, refused the permission as the mark was a Masonic symbol.
If this emblem were something other than precisely what it is—either less known", less significant, or fully and universally understood—all this might readily be admitted. But, Considering its peculiar character and relation to the public, an anomalous question is presented. There can be no doubt that this device, so commonly worn and employed by Masons, has an established mystic significance, universally recognized as existing; whether comprehended by all or not, is not material to this issue. In view of the magnitude and extent of the Masonic organization, it is impossible to divest its symbols, or at least this particular symbol—perhaps the best known of all—of its ordinary signification, wherever displaced, either as an arbitrary character or otherwise.
It will be universally understood, or misunderstood, as having a Masonic significance; and, therefore, as a trade-mark, must constantly work deception. Nothing could be more mischievous than to create as a monopoly, and uphold by the poser of lacy anything so calculated. as applied to purposes of trade. to be misinterpreted, to mislead all classes, and to constantly foster suggestions of mystery in affairs of business (see Infringing upon Freemasonry, also Imitative Societies, and Clandestine).
In a religious work by John Davies, entitled Summa Totalis, or All in All and the Same Forever, printed in 1607, we find an allusion to the Square and Compasses by a profane in a really Masonic sense. The author, who proposes to describe mystically the form of the Deity, says in his dedication:
Yet I this forme of formelesse Deity,
Drewe by the Squire and Compasse of our Creed.
In Masonic symbolism the Square and Compasses refer to the Freemason's duty to the Craft and to himself; hence it is properly a symbol of brotherhood, and there significantly adopted as the badge or token of the Fraternity.
Berage, in his work on the higher Degrees, Les plus secrets Mystéres des Hauts Grades, or The Most Secret Mysteries of the High Grades, gives a new interpretation to the symbol. He says: "The Square and the Compasses represent the union of the Old and New Testaments. None of the high Degrees recognize this interpretation, although their symbolism of the two implements differs somewhat from that of Symbolic Freemasonry.
The Square is with them peculiarly appropriated to the lower Degrees, as founded on the Operative Art; while the Compasses, as an implement of higher character and uses, is attributed to the Decrees, which claim to have a more elevated and philosophical foundation. Thus they speak of the initiate, when he passes from the Blue Lodge to the Lodge of Perfection, as 'passing from the Square to the Compasses,' to indicate a progressive elevation in his studies. Yet even in the high Degrees, the square and compasses combined retain their primitive signification as a symbol of brotherhood and as a badge of the Order."
Square and Compass:
Source: The Builder October 1916
By Bro. B. C. Ward, Iowa
Worshipful Master and Brethren: Let us behold the glorious beauty that lies hidden beneath the symbolism of the Square and Compass; and first as to the Square. Geometry, the first and noblest of the sciences, is the basis on which the superstructure of Masonry has been erected. As you know, the word "Geometry" is derived from two Greek words which mean "to measure the earth," so that Geometry originated in measurement; and in those early days, when land first began to be measured, the Square, being a right angle, was the instrument used, so that in time the Square began to symbolize the Earth. And later it began to symbolize, Masonically, the earthly-in man, that is man's lower nature, and still later it began to symbolize man's duty in his earthly relations, or his moral obligations to his Fellowmen. The symbolism of the Square is as ancient as the Pyramids. The Egyptians used it in building the Pyramids. The base of every pyramid is a perfect square, and to the Egyptians the Square was their highest and most sacred emblem. Even the Chinese many, many centuries ago used the Square to represent Good, and Confucius in his writings speaks of the Square to represent a Just man.
As Masons we have adopted the 47th Problem of Euclid as the rule by which to determine or prove a perfect Square. Many of us remember with what interest we solved that problem in our school days. The Square has become our most significant Emblem. It rests upon the open Bible on this altar; it is one of the three great Lights; and it is the chief ornament of the Worshipful Master. There is a good reason why this distinction has been conferred upon the Square. There can be nothing truer than a perfect Square--a right angle. Hence the Square has become an emblem of Perfection.
Now a few words as to the Compass: Astronomy was the second great science promulgated among men. In the process of Man's evolution there came a time when he began to look up to the stars and wonder at the vaulted Heavens above him. When he began to study the stars, he found that the Square was not adapted to the measurement of the Heavens. He must have circular measure; he needed to draw a circle from a central point, and so the Compass was employed. By the use of the Compass man began to study the starry Heavens, and as the Square primarily symbolized the Earth, the Compass began to symbolize the Heavens, the celestial canopy, the study of which has led men to think of God, and adore Him as the Supreme Architect of the Universe. In later times the Compass began to symbolize the spiritual or higher nature of man, and it is a significant fact that the circumference of a circle, which is a line without end, has become an emblem of Eternity and symbolizes Divinity; so the Compass, and the circle drawn by the Compass, both point men Heavenward and Godward.
The Masonic teaching concerning the two points of the Compass is very interesting and instructive. The novitiate in Masonry, as he kneels at this altar, and asks for Light sees the Square, which symbolizes his lower nature, he may well note the position of the Compass. As he takes another step, and asks for more Light, the position of the Compass is changed somewhat, symbolizing that his spiritual nature can, in some measure, overcome his evil tendencies. As he takes another step in Masonry, and asks for further Light, and hears the significant words, "and God said let there be Light, and there was Light," he sees the Compass in new light; and for the first time he sees the meaning, thus unmistakably alluding to the sacred and eternal truth that as the Heavens are higher than the Earth, so the spiritual is higher than the material, and the spiritual in man must have its proper place, and should be above his lower nature, and dominate all his thoughts and actions. That eminent Philosopher, Edmund Burke, once said, "It is ordained that men of intemperate passions cannot be free. Their passions forge the chains which bind them, and make them slaves." Burke was right. Masonry, through the beautiful symbolism of the Compass, tells us how we can be free men, by permitting the spiritual within us to overcome our evil tendencies, and dominate all our thoughts and actions. Brethren, sometimes in the silent quiet hour, as we think of this conflict between our lower and higher natures, we sometimes say in the words of another, "Show me the way and let me bravely climb to where all conflicts with the flesh shall cease. Show me that way. Show me the way up to a higher plane where my body shall be servant of my Soul. Show me that way."
Brethren, if that prayer expresses desire of our hearts, let us take heed to the beautiful teachings of the Compass, which silently and persistently tells each one of us,
"You should not in the valley stay
While the great horizons stretch away
The very cliffs that wall you round
Are ladders up to higher ground.
And Heaven draws near as you ascend,
The Breeze invites, the Stars befriend.
All things are beckoning to the Best,
Then climb toward God and find sweet Rest."
My friend Barry was cleaning out his old shop and rediscovered this tool box. It belonged to his father and may have belonged to his grandfather. We are trying to figure out what brand it is and it's age. It is a very heavily constructed box. It is hard to imagine anyone picking it up full of tools. If you have any information please let us know.
Follow up note: Several people on the Garage Journal forum tell me it is a Chicago made Simonset military box dating from the WWII/Korean War era.