This followed me home today.....a mysterious (to me anyway) machinists tool.
Dang I miss Karl Sanger. I suspect he would instantly respond that it was a
burgflegrab intended for alignment of somethin in some obscure purpose. After
all he was the only gallot ever listed in MJD tool catalogue indexes.

But I digress...the photos are here

https://www.flickr.com/photos/130130509@N.../29281238543/in/dateposted-public/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/130130509@N.../29872504196/in/dateposted-public/

Nary a makers mark to be seen, and although this could have been a shop made
appurtanance, the finish is well above what one would expect. Makes me thin it
was a manufactured item.

While I initally figured it was two specialized square linked together (I’ve
done this with some of the tiny starrett squares) there is no way that the two
tongues can be used seperately, they have to be used as a pair, although the
tongues could be used in opposition.Origianl owners initials and the names on
other tools from the same batch indicate a Scottish origin, but the other tools
were Browne and Sharpe and Starret, so roigins could have been UK or US. No hint
there.

The only other clues I have are
1 a b&S thread gauge that goes up to 84TPI  (B&S #633)
2 un-named claipers shop ground to v-tips akin to what you would use for
measuring inner diameter of threads
2. while there were taps of various sorts in evidence at the sale, they were all
common sizes. but nary a tap handle evident.

There was also a die handle, but no dies. All that makes me think the guy’s dad
was involved with thread-making in some fashion, but that’s pur conjecture

This is a curious device to be sure, and II,’m appealing to the metalheads
lurking out there for their best guesses or conjectures. Whatever comes up is
better than what I got now!

Regards

Eric in Calgary.

Undoubtedly user made, they appear to be some type of device for making
measurements. If I could play with them, I might be able to figure it out. (No,
that'snot a subtle hint that I think you should send them to me...)
You might join the Home Machinist forum and ask there. We have some really sharp
guys. Http://chaski.org/homemachinist">ttp://chaski.org/homemachinist The
forum reminds me a lot of the Porch - just a bunch of friendly folks looking to
share knowledge.


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From: ecoyle@t... 
Date: 9/24/16  10:48 PM  (GMT-05:00) 
To: oldtools@s... 
Subject: [OldTools] A mysterious machinists tool....+ 

This followed me home today.....a mysterious (to me anyway) machinists tool.
Dang I miss Karl Sanger. I suspect he would instantly respond that it was a
burgflegrab intended for alignment of somethin in some obscure purpose. After
all he was the only gallot ever listed in MJD tool catalogue indexes.

But I digress...the photos are here

https://www.flickr.com/photos/130130509@N.../29281238543/in/dateposted-public/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/130130509@N.../29872504196/in/dateposted-public/

Nary a makers mark to be seen, and although this could have been a shop made
appurtanance, the finish is well above what one would expect. Makes me thin it
was a manufactured item.

While I initally figured it was two specialized square linked together (I’ve
done this with some of the tiny starrett squares) there is no way that the two
tongues can be used seperately, they have to be used as a pair, although the
tongues could be used in opposition.Origianl owners initials and the names on
other tools from the same batch indicate a Scottish origin, but the other tools
were Browne and Sharpe and Starret, so roigins could have been UK or US. No hint
there.

The only other clues I have are
1 a b&S thread gauge that goes up to 84TPI  (B&S #633)
2 un-named claipers shop ground to v-tips akin to what you would use for
measuring inner diameter of threads
2. while there were taps of various sorts in evidence at the sale, they were all
common sizes. but nary a tap handle evident.

There was also a die handle, but no dies. All that makes me think the guy’s dad
was involved with thread-making in some fashion, but that’s pur conjecture

This is a curious device to be sure, and II,’m appealing to the metalheads
lurking out there for their best guesses or conjectures. Whatever comes up is
better than what I got now!

Regards

Eric in Calgary.

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> This followed me home today.....a mysterious (to me anyway) machinists tool.
>
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/130130509@N.../29281238543/in/dateposted-public/
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/130130509@N.../29872504196/in/dateposted-public/
I would be relatively disappointed if this were not a specialized gauge 
for manufacturing of something. Working where I worked for a goodly 
portion of my life, I had occasion to make many gauges and weird looking 
jigs and special tools.

   My guess is further that the initials are not the makers initials.
They are not very pretty initials while the gauge is much higher finished.
  A subsequent owner in the next generation who had an electric "buzz" 
engraver, are probably the initials.
    yours Scott
>
>

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Obviously,
Bacon slice sizer and or cream de la cream(insert your favorite French 
accent) skimmer attachment for cream separator.
Could be a leather working tool.
Dave
{sorry , I had to}
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