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Tool kit 1956

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The NJIC rule requirements for an electrician's kit of tools in 1962 (unchanged from 1956) was:


Ratchet Brace and set of bits

Large screwdriver and one small

2 pairs of cutting pliers

2ft or 3ft rule

Adjustable hacksaw frame

Pair of 7-in Footprints and 1 pair 9-in ditto

Bradawl

Wood chisel

Pad saw

2 Hammers

Plumb bob and line

Knife

Spirit level

Tenon saw

Centre Punch

Wheel brace

Pair side cutters

Set of spanners 1/8" to 1/2" Whitworth

Set of box spanners 1/8" to 3/4" Whitworth

Adjustable tap wrench

Miniature 6-in hacksaw frame

2 cold chisels, small and large, or (where appropriate) 1 cold chisel and 1 tonguing chisel


I have the wage rates for 1962 of 6/4 1/2d (now 32p) an hour with an apprentice at 15 on 20% of this, at 16 on 25%, at 17 on 30%. at 18 on 45%, at 19 on 60%, at 20 72.5%......


Sometime, I'll price the tools up from contemporary catalogues and in the meantime, have a think about how many weeks it would take to buy the tools!


Regards


BOD

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    That can be a problem Chris. My children have no interest in Engineering, they think it is difficult! However they are all doing OK, and I think the doctor and lawyer have had much more to learn, as measured by the thickness of text books to be learnt. Certainly the Radiologist Registrar still has little spare time, and far too many patients with Covid to care for to talk to Dad much!
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    That can be a problem Chris. My children have no interest in Engineering, they think it is difficult! However they are all doing OK, and I think the doctor and lawyer have had much more to learn, as measured by the thickness of text books to be learnt. Certainly the Radiologist Registrar still has little spare time, and far too many patients with Covid to care for to talk to Dad much!
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