Tool kit 1956

This is all very disappointing,  these tool kits are very small.


In my first job, the employer provided everything, and of first class quality too. I was however not an electrician, so perhaps they had some idea of wanting the maximum work out of me! I was given a space in a lab, shared with two cages (screened rooms) and enough test equipment to pay for a whole street of houses! It made the university look extremely poor by comparison, but made getting results so much quicker than otherwise, and my job was to produce complex electronics against the clock, wrapped in tin plated boxes to prevent their detection. Fun times!


I have always collected tools and techniques, from a very young age, and now have so many tools that my partner gives be endless pain about the space they take up. However I still find the same thing, having all the right kit at hand makes things so much quicker and more pleasant, and is always money well spent. Certainly a chasing machine and a Henry are popular with customers too. 2 screwdrivers? No I might well have 200, all head forms, sizes etc, but then life has become rather more complex.


I never understand the keenness that is shown for tool hire shops, one pays about 10% of the cost of a tool per week at least, and that is a stupid investment return, unless one never needs something again. Still I suppose the 3 year Guarantee offered for some power tools is not good enough for many tradesmen, and accidental damage is still chargeable on hires too.

This is all very disappointing,  these tool kits are very small.


In my first job, the employer provided everything, and of first class quality too. I was however not an electrician, so perhaps they had some idea of wanting the maximum work out of me! I was given a space in a lab, shared with two cages (screened rooms) and enough test equipment to pay for a whole street of houses! It made the university look extremely poor by comparison, but made getting results so much quicker than otherwise, and my job was to produce complex electronics against the clock, wrapped in tin plated boxes to prevent their detection. Fun times!


I have always collected tools and techniques, from a very young age, and now have so many tools that my partner gives be endless pain about the space they take up. However I still find the same thing, having all the right kit at hand makes things so much quicker and more pleasant, and is always money well spent. Certainly a chasing machine and a Henry are popular with customers too. 2 screwdrivers? No I might well have 200, all head forms, sizes etc, but then life has become rather more complex.


I never understand the keenness that is shown for tool hire shops, one pays about 10% of the cost of a tool per week at least, and that is a stupid investment return, unless one never needs something again. Still I suppose the 3 year Guarantee offered for some power tools is not good enough for many tradesmen, and accidental damage is still chargeable on hires too.