Tool Talk
General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: amecks on February 09, 2023, 11:55:35 AM
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I was cleaning my shop at the cemetery where I work and tucked under a shelf on a ledge I found this ruler. No one working at the cemetery remembers ever having seen it before. It may have been there for 20 years or even 50 years. I found an oil change sticker from 1974 on the ledge near the ruler.
Lufkin No. 7165 - its a 10 foot sliding rule of two 5 foot sections. It has some wear and tear but is still functional. Archive.org has a 1935 catalog listing the ruler - a quantity of 12 could be purchased (wholesale?) for $30 ($2.50 each). In today's dollars a dozen would cost about $650 (or $54 each).
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Hello, Al. Nice find! I have seen similar rulers, one offered by a metal kitchen cabinet company. Could also be used for squaring boxes , we just call them measuring sticks!! Great for inside measurements!! I will check the catalogs!!
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Thanks to Internet Archives and Rose Tools for the photo!!
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Used to use long extension rule all the time for checking overhead clearances in the plant when laying out conveyor paths.
Joe B