General discussion, possibly open up a new forum .... I still have the very first micrometer I bought when I was an apprentice Fitter / Turner back in '64; iirc it cost me about a weeks wages...£3 10s 6d ( £3-52p ) it was one of the first models that had a dual scale, metric & imperial, made by Shardlow of Sheffield. It has resided in the back of my tool chest for years now & only saw the light of day when I recently had a sort out...& it still zero's up accurately... Has anyone else got tools from their early days?