The Beauty of Tools

One of life's great joys, for me at any rate, is the inherent beauty to be seen in many tools. An example of form and function in perfect harmony.

I have been clearing out a project container and I came across a Facom made scriber. It is quite possibly the greatest example of it's type I've ever cast eyes on. I've taken to calling it "The Scriber"...

Gaze upon it's majesty. If you listen very, very carefully, you can just about detect a barely audible high pitched ringing sound coming from it's points.

PS the photo does not do it justice.

Quiet day? .

The aluminium body (I think, hard to tell just looking) makes it seem like a much nicer object than a simple scriber, I think you have the most versatile design of the scriber.

It puts my grubby looking Clarke one to shame, that I've reground and reheated many times.

Michael W

It doesn't look right to me because the bend is not 90 degrees. A case of what you are brought up with being taken as the definition of correct.

"The quality of Facom tools has to be seen to be believed" Hmm they now produce Britool spanners that show signs of wear after a few months that my original Britool stuff does not show and I bought them in 1964/5.

I think Facom are quite good; but, will always come a poor second to Snap-On.

That is however an opinion, not a fact.

Happy New Year

Daniel

I agree with you on Stahlwille spanners and sockets as I bought a set many years ago and are in use almost continuously. Strange as i reach for a spanner and I can tell it is a Stahlwille by feel!

Re the right angle point on the scriber, if you have had to use a scriber on a block for over the top marking then it is right!

Clive

Some of my favourite workshop tools are Facom, I even wear a lapel badge from Facom on my workshop coat.

A set of Snap on midget combination spanners started to lose their chrome plating despite being only 3mm to 8mm so not exactly thrashing spanners.

Mick

No protective caps for the points???

Edited By Sam Longley 1 on 02/01/2017 20:37:15

Now we're just getting fussy ​ Maybe we can include a little marquetry presentation box on a velvet cushion.

Michael W

About 30 years ago I found Facom's clé à pipe spanners in France, I have found them very useful and often the tool of choice, not seen much of them in uk.

Mike

Yes, these. Brilliant things. I'm told very good for working on motorbikes of the Japanese persuasion.

Shouldn't those all be neatly lined up in size order? .

See what you started now! .

Spot on Carl that's why I bought them, had a Honda VF750 at the time of purchase. That's your CDO kicking in David, that's OCD with the letters in the right order.

Mike

Edited By Michael Poole on 03/01/2017 08:44:04

I have always thought that surface gauges are stunning classy interesting looking objects.

I got this one for 12 pounds in a 2nd hand shop.

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