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What's-It Forum => What's-It Forum => Topic started by: Stoney on October 12, 2011, 08:10:53 AM

Title: Let's see how many know what this is
Post by: Stoney on October 12, 2011, 08:10:53 AM: (http://i467.photobucket.com/albums/rr40/plantshepherdplus/what%20is%20it%202011/DSC_0030.jpg)
What is it?
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Post by: gibsontool on October 12, 2011, 09:02:48 AM: My best quess would be calipers of some kind
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Post by: benjy on October 12, 2011, 12:43:57 PM: bra fitting tool? :)
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Post by: jimwrench on October 12, 2011, 02:34:06 PM: Better stick vith double caliper.
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Post by: 64longstep/Brian on October 12, 2011, 03:40:14 PM: No clue...
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Post by: rusty on October 12, 2011, 07:02:44 PM: >bra fitting tool? :)

Where do I sign up for the how to properly use this tool class?
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Post by: stanley62 on October 12, 2011, 07:43:59 PM: Looks to me as if it grabs something...Like double ice tongs.

Jim
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Post by: john k on October 12, 2011, 08:01:56 PM: Well it is long which tells me it was used around heat, like a forge. It is also blacksmith made, judging by the end of the handle and the split where the inner caliper legs were formed. I would say it was used by a smith or wheelwright for checking the size of a item while it was still hot. My guess anyhow. Somewhere in a book I've seen this tool.
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Post by: Branson on October 12, 2011, 08:31:34 PM: Calipers for carrying two dimensions at once. Seen 'em illustrated other places. Maybe Bealer, maybe Sloane, possibly Aldren Watson.
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Post by: leg17 on October 12, 2011, 08:41:39 PM: Double caliper for forging or blacksmith work.
Generally in some kind of "production" situation.
One side set at high limit and the other at low limit.
Like "go-nogo" gage except for hot work at a comfortable distance.
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Post by: Stoney on October 12, 2011, 09:38:04 PM: John K and leg17 nailed it on the head. It's a IC RailRoad blacksmith calipers used in the steam locomotive shop. I didn't show the side with the ICRR stamp. It was shop made. When you can make tools why buy them. I have the pattern if anyone wants a copy send me a pm. I was in the process of making a fancy copy when I had my operation. Now with cold weather coming I can finally build a fire in my forge and finish them.
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Post by: BruceS on October 12, 2011, 10:12:32 PM: It's just another version of a bull catching tool.