October 9, 20169 yr Ok, while getting a bunch of pictures today at that estate sale, spotted a pair of calipers. It was a bit rusty, but not pitted. So, I took it apart, and wire wheeled the whole shebang until it was shiny enough for Polite Company to see.. Yep, it is a BIG one! 19" stem to stern. The large wheel has a threaded ball above it, to keep people from running the wheel too far out ( and getting lost) Smaller knob seems to be a fine adjust? I did findout that this was to measure I.D. of parts...BIG parts. I think it could be used to measure O.D. as well. Name that was stamped into the one arm...L.S.Starrett, of Athol, MASS, USA Might be worth the four quarters and two pennies I paid for it? Twas all the change I had in me pocket. Just wish they had waited a week before having the sale......I could have bought quite a bit of stuff there.....
October 9, 20169 yr 9 hours ago, HandyDan said: Quite amazing what can be found out there. Nice grab. I am amazed too what you all are finding out there east of the Rockies, out west here, we just don't see that stuff at garage sales. I am insanely envious.
September 24, 20196 yr I got two just like that except one is OD and the other is ID and mine is still brown...
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