whatsit?
Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2011 9:45 pm
here is an object i found today at a garage sale...
anyone care to guess it's use?
sorry about the low quality photos...
anyone care to guess it's use?
sorry about the low quality photos...
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Re: whatsit?
Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2011 10:41 pm
that yellow stick in the background appears to made of plastic and is used to measure inches and feet, also small meter increments
Re: whatsit?
Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2011 11:33 pm
Kinda resembles a micrometer, with the graduations on the cylinder. Could possibly have been a part of a measurement jig. We used them in the metal stamping industry. There was a metal fixture you placed the finished part on, and then it had little plungers like the one pictured all over it that were supposed to fit into certain holes on the finished part.
An intricate form of a GO/NO GO gage.
Not certain that is it, but it sure looks familiar....
An intricate form of a GO/NO GO gage.
Not certain that is it, but it sure looks familiar....
Re: whatsit?
Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2011 5:06 am
Some type of heating element?.... 
Re: whatsit?
Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2011 11:11 am
chetr1200c wrote:that yellow stick in the background appears to made of plastic and is used to measure inches and feet, also small meter increments
Re: whatsit?
Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2011 3:42 pm
chetr1200c wrote:that yellow stick in the background appears to made of plastic and is used to measure inches and feet, also small meter increments
it is a jig for faceting gemstones...
the triangle is adjusted to the angle you desire, you set the triangle portion on the bench section of your polisher, the stone is set onto the polishing surface...and away ya go...
if ya look close...the end of this tool has a fire opal attached to it...
Re: whatsit?
Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2011 6:15 pm
Cool 
Re: whatsit?
Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2011 7:22 pm
oh, that thing? i knew what it was, didn't want to let the cat outta da bag.
Re: whatsit?
Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2011 7:31 pm
chetr1200c wrote:oh, that thing? i knew what it was, didn't want to let the cat outta da bag.
lucky for me it came with instructions...
Re: whatsit?
Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2011 12:02 am
what is it really? and no not the yellow ruler.. LOL..
Re: whatsit?
Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2011 3:35 pm
gringo wrote:chetr1200c wrote:that yellow stick in the background appears to made of plastic and is used to measure inches and feet, also small meter increments
it is a jig for faceting gemstones...
the triangle is adjusted to the angle you desire, you set the triangle portion on the bench section of your polisher, the stone is set onto the polishing surface...and away ya go...
if ya look close...the end of this tool has a fire opal attached to it...