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Minor Updates
4/24 – 9/24 Progress and updates are slowly but surely happening despite health and computer hardware issues. Regardless, Here is the list of updated pages: cheers.
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Catalog No. 16 Uploaded
2:09am – 4/14/24 Catalog No. 16 has been digitized and uploaded to the Internet Archive. Access it for free here: https://archive.org/details/jtslocomb-catalog-16 As to our beliefs, this catalog is available for free without any strings attached. No cost, signup, email, or anything at all needed to view the catalog. Knowledge should be shared, and should always…
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All Work and Activity is Currently Suspended for Some Time – But Also, Here’s an Update of Work That’s Been Done
4:53am – 3/2/24 This is about a two weeks late, but, Currently all work and activity is currently suspended across all platforms, including research, site building, social media posts, etc. due to medical issues that inhibit any work performed. This is just temporary, and not an indefinite suspension of work. Soon we will be back…
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No, 33 – Rounded Anvil Tube Mic
2/16/24 – 7:54 We received a new 1/2″ tube mic to include in our Archive yesterday. To continue trying out, and working with our new photo booth, we took a number of pictures for our Instagram post about the new addition. These we felt were acceptable to add to the page of No. 33 as…
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QA Slips
2/7/24 – 9:31pm There has been many updates to the site all over. from tools, to pictures, to the store, and more. This update though, is one I wanted to make because I find it fascinating. A new page was created to document Certificate of Inspection slips that were included in every micrometer box when…
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Two New Catalog Covers Found!
2/1/24 – 3:18am Last night during our continuous research and documentation of Slocomb’s history, we stumbled upon two new catalogs never seen before. One is the cover of the 1955 catalog(number unknown) along with the shipping envelope, an updated price sheet, and a partial view of some sort of bulletin relating to it. The second…
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Huge Update – 25 Pages
1/29/24 – 9:27am Over the weekend additional pages were added to the Model Number tools page, those being: As well as every item listed in the Set Number tools page: And a few on the Glastonbury Era page as well: Slowly but surely the Archive is coming together. Cheers.
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Thimble Stamping Page
1/28/24 – 3:06am While working towards accurately dating the year, or era of manufacture of Slocomb Micrometers, there’s no easier way than to look at the thimble. This weekend’s main priority is to document and photograph every different micrometer thimbles, and start classifying appx date ranges of manufacturing. Photographing the cylindrical thimble is no easy…
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Tools From The Glastonbury Era Pages
1/27/24 – 4:28am Over the last week or so, we’ve created pages for tooling that was made during the Glastonbury era. Currently only pictures have been uploaded. Descriptions and more information for the tools will come soon. There is no easily accessible reference material for any tooling during this era. Through extensive research we have documented…
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Shop Has Been Created!
1/13/23 – 4:53am As of now, the J.T. Slocomb Archive has a functioning shop finally! http://jtslocomb.org/shop It is still under construction, and the only two items listed are for the Replacement Springs, and a 5-pack of them. The description needs to be revised and edited, as well as taking some pictures of them need to…
