Working Tools

[thebrianmo]

I was just curious if any of you have your own set of working tools and if so where did you obtain them? I've seen a few gift sets on various sites but that's about it thus far.

 

[edwmax]

Mine is a set of Stanley tools. They work were well too. ... One of my rules is 300 ft. I can schedule up to 150 days in advance. .... ....

 

[edwmax]

Now, maybe my wife will get me one tho's fancy little miniature silver plated sets for next Christmas. .... ....

 

[Gary]

Those are nice. They come in a nifty little box too.

 

[Duncan1574]

THe only thing about the gift sets that I have seen is that they are small, they would be hard to 'work' with.

 

[Bob Franks]

Now, maybe my wife will get me one tho's fancy little miniature silver plated sets for next Christmas. .... ....

I would like to find a set made of wood, near to full size, but the few I've seen were too expensive.

S&F

 

[Ofotherworlds]

My mentor, who works for the Grand Lodge of Ohio, uses an operative common gavel as a doorstop! He also has an impressive collection of antique symbolic working tools, jewels, rituals, and the like on display in his office.

 

[CoachN]

One of my Lodge Brothers and I are making life-size tools out of wood to be used in the three degrees. The only one that has a significant amount of metal in its design is the Trowel.

We've made a TFIG and a CG so far. The FC tools are next.

 

[Ofotherworlds]

One of my Lodge Brothers and I are making life-size tools out of wood to be used in the three degrees. The only one that has a significant amount of metal in its design is the Trowel.

We've made a TFIG and a CG so far. The FC tools are next.

The operative common gavel my mentor owns has a metal head, not a wooden one. I'm not sure when operative masons switched from using common gavels with wooden heads to metal ones.

 

[CoachN]

Me either. We made ours out of wood not so much to use it on stone but to have it look a bit beefier to the EAs coming through.

Those little girly-mon size tools just didn't cut it for me and him. We wanted the EAs coming through to at least experience a visual that was more impactful than what was currently presented.

I wanted to make it double size but there is such a thing as overkill.

 

[Zack]

Coach, is that the one you presented to 252 last week?

 

[CoachN]

Yep! 'Tis that very one.