Upper echelon items arrived today

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Re: Upper echelon items arrived today

Post by d42jeep » Fri Oct 27, 2017 8:58 pm

I compared the General folding rule with my new Starrett one and it immediately became obvious that other than the branding the two rules are identical. My guess is that they were made to meet a government specification and only one manufacturer was actually producing them. The only question remaining is which manufacturer?
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Re: Upper echelon items arrived today

Post by d42jeep » Tue Oct 31, 2017 6:44 am

At the beginning of this thread I posted some pictures of my rare date stamped upper echelon tire pressure gauge 8-G-650. It turns out that Gee member Len Jones in the U.K. also has one and sent me some pictures of his which I will share below.
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Re: Upper echelon items arrived today

Post by d42jeep » Tue Jan 22, 2019 3:36 am

Does anybody else run across these rivet sets during their tool searches? When I first saw the RA PD image I had no idea what they were.
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Re: Upper echelon items arrived today

Post by Wingnutt » Sat Jan 26, 2019 1:10 pm

d42jeep wrote:
Tue Jan 22, 2019 3:36 am
Does anybody else run across these rivet sets during their tool searches?
Yes, but until today, I have never picked one up! And yes, I blame you! :lol:

Link to my find here.
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Re: Upper echelon items arrived today

Post by d42jeep » Sun Mar 10, 2019 12:12 am

I found two more at a Berkeley estate sale on Friday. They were in need of some dressing up of the drive ends and de-rusting. One is marked RTCO.
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Re: Upper echelon items arrived today

Post by d42jeep » Sun May 05, 2019 10:22 pm

I found this RA PD matching Stanley #18 Bevel at a Tool sale on Saturday. This is the first one I’ve run across with the specification matching 8” blade. I also found the General #14 drill bit gage recently.
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