Exhibit  32


                              Certification
  Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (Subsections (a)
   and (b) of Section 1350, Chapter 63 of Title 18, United States Code)


Pursuant to Section 906 of the  Sarbanes-Oxley  Act of 2002 (subsections (a)
and (b) of Section 1350,  Chapter 63 of Title 18,  United States Code), each
of the undersigned officers of The  L.S. Starrett Company,  a Massachusetts
corporation  (the "Company"), does hereby certify, to such officer's
knowledge, that:

The Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended December 27, 2003
(the "Form 10-Q") of the Company fully complies with the requirements of
Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934 and
information contained in the Form 10-Q fairly presents, in all material
respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.



Date:  February 6, 2004                 	/s/ Douglas A. Starrett
	                                      Douglas A. Starrett
				               Chief Executive Officer


Date:  February 6, 2004                 	/s/ Roger U. Wellington, Jr.
	                                     	Roger U. Wellington, Jr.
				               Chief Financial Officer


The foregoing certification is being furnished solely pursuant to Section
906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (subsections (a) and (b) of Section
1350, Chapter 63 of Title 18,  United  States Code) and is not being filed
as part of the Form 10-Q or as a separate disclosure document.

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been
provided to The L.S. Starrett Company and will be retained by The L.S.
Starrett Company and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or
its staff upon request.