something ...Industry Training Board comes to mind, possibly different in the RN Mick ?
I made the scribing block similar to the one pictured up thread, a G-Clamp with square cut screw thread, the tool box with hand finished rivets (not 'pop'), a pair of large toolmakers clamp and pictured below
large and small tap holders an odd leg scribing caliper and a little soldered tin plate box with a sliding lid. The small tap holder pictured is a tricky little thing with a sliding jaw with a little pin inserted at 90 degrees that engaged in a slot on the holder body so that the v end always presented itself in the correct position for the tap. If you look closely you can see where where I nicked the body with a milling cutter by mistake and the terrible knurling, bad workmanship is forever . These are all I have left now, the rest having succumbed to DSI (Damp Shed Syndrome over the years).
It was a shame when all the government training centres were shut down, you could learn virtually all the trades to some sort of level even if you couldn't get an apprenticeship or needed to re-train. My late Father was a hosiery knitter by trade and when he was laid off in the mid '60's he was able to re-train as an instrument fitter (precision machinist) whilst being paid a previous earnings related amount during the course. He ended up working at the local Royal Naval Research Establishment.This place was considered top secret locally, but years later here's a Pathe
News clip of some work they were doing on lasers at the time on You Tube ! I thought this might be of interest to you Mick. You have to love the meccano frame holding the laser !
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aj2qTYgi_vE
) hence the leg that's missing
