Message from discussion possible gloat, or is it just a femto-gloat? and what the heck is this thing?

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From: "Robert Swinney" <judy...@comcast.net>
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Subject: Re: possible gloat, or is it just a femto-gloat?  and what the heck is this thing?
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2006 07:23:07 -0500
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Interesting tools, esp. the early wire drawing plates, screw plates and taps 
listed in the catalog.   Thanks for the link to the davistown museum.

Bob Swinney
"William Noble" <nob...@nowhere.com> wrote in message 
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> we all get sucked into a pile of "interesting stuff" from time to time - I 
> bid on and won this e-bay auction:
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=190034302694 (the 
> link is there if you want to see a photo) - the pile was described as:
> "a random mix of metal tools. I have no idea what most are used for. There 
> are 2 drafting tools marked Park Instrument Co., a metal two sided scribe 
> marked General, a 6 inch metal ruler marked #603, can't read name, Athol, 
> Mass, USA, Tempered #4, 6 inch ruler with a sliding T, unmarked. Small 
> aluminum pliers marked W. C. Slocumb, Peeler Howe Co., St. Paul, Minn., 
> USA, Unusual Drill sizer, Marked A. Stubs, 19 or 61, and last is like some 
> type of micrometer or part of one. All are in pretty good condition, some 
> have rust or oxidation. "
>
> the stuff arrived today - the "drafting tools" were some cheap dividers - 
> no gloat
> the metal scribe is a trammel type tool made by General - usable, but no 
> gloat
> the ruler was Starrett, hardened, cleaned up nicely  - no gloat, but at 
> least I'm close to even with that
> the other "6 inch rule" cleaned up OK, but it has no name on it, is pretty 
> old though - no gloat
> the aluminum pliers are cute - wonder what they are for - anyone have a 
> clue?
> the "drill sizer" is the item of great interest - it's not a sizer, it has 
> nothing to do with drills, it's a watchmaker's thread plate made by PS 
> Stubs, of the type described here: 
> http://www.davistownmuseum.org/bioStubs.htm, it's a #61 (or 19?) in pretty 
> good condition, screw sizes from about #4 to someting really tiny, total 
> length is 5.6 inches from the tip of the handle to the end of the 
> screwplate - very nicely hardened too - no idea what I'll use it for, but 
> it's cool - is this a major gloat or a femto-gloat?  any opinions?
>
> oh, the "micrometer part" is really part of some optical device (anyone 
> have a clue?) it has a dial graduated from infiinty to 0.5 meters, has a 
> 0.275 inch diameter mounting pin, and two mirrors - it may be part of a 
> camera range/viewfinder? or maybe part of a transit?  I'd like to figure 
> out what this is, but it's probably not a valuable or useful item once I 
> figure it out - it's the thing with the round dial in the photo.  it is 
> plated brass, aprox square in cross section (.433 inches), 2.440 inches 
> long - the side with the dial has one window (the thing wth the concentric 
> circles).178 inches in diameter, the other side has two such windows, one 
> in line with the window visible in the photo, one at the oposite end of 
> the device - rotating the mirror changes the mirror angle on the through 
> window pair.  If I wasn't convinced this was waaaaaay too old, I'd say it 
> was part of a laser range finder. It's nicely machined, if I had to guess, 
> I'd say it's German, and pre 1965, maybe pre WWII -  anyone got a clue?
>
>
>
>
> -- 
> bill
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