John Morris Posted January 15, 2021 Report Posted January 15, 2021 "What's It" Basic Rules Reminder For a full run down on this project and rules please go to: "The Patriot Woodworker and MWTCA "What's It" project" Only Patriot Woodworker Members are eligible to participate and receive the award. The MWTCA only accepts a verified source to support your answer, so one should be submitted with your answer, such as a patent, catalog entry, tool book reference, or a respectable website on the subject. Do not let these requirements prevent you from having fun and submitting educated answers on the subject without verification, we can worry about references later. All answers are welcome, as well as healthy debates regarding "What's It". If a verified and referenced answer is not arrived at by the end of each month's "What's It" project, a random draw will be performed for a "One Year MWTCA Club Membership". Only Patriot Woodworker's who participate in this "What's It" topic will be included in the random draw. Additional What's It Rules Unless you are completely sure what this item is, please avoid "definitive statements" that appear that you are without a doubt claiming that you know what the item is. For example stating, "this item is called a "widget xx" used for "insert purpose here". If you are making a definitive statement you must accompany your statement with evidence or proof from a secondary source. An example of acceptable statements within the realm of having fun and educated guesses would be something like this, "I believe it could be", or "It appears it's made for this or that", etc etc etc... Ok ladies and gentlemen, we now have our "What's it" live and ready! The image(s) below is a MWTCA "What's It" image for you to research, and tell us all here in this topic post, just what the heck is it! Project Details The information provided hereon is all the information that is provided, no further information on this item will be added. 156-9 Someone emailed: “Attached is a photo of a solid brass, 12-inch gauge I recently found. It has a scale that is divided into tenths of an inch and is adjusted using a gear rack drive. There are no markings that would help to identify the gauge’s origin and the numbers are hand-stamped. Anyone have any ideas as to the intended use of this item? It probably originated in New England, since that is where it was found.” FlGatorwood, Gunny and Cal 3 Quote
Popular Post Gerald Posted January 16, 2021 Popular Post Report Posted January 16, 2021 Looks like a measuring and marking gauge and the funny thing is I think I have seen this somewhere. John Morris, Gunny, HARO50 and 2 others 3 2 Quote
John Morris Posted January 16, 2021 Author Report Posted January 16, 2021 2 hours ago, Gerald said: Looks like a measuring and marking gauge and the funny thing is I think I have seen this somewhere. Did we do this one before? FlGatorwood, Cal and Gunny 3 Quote
HandyDan Posted January 16, 2021 Report Posted January 16, 2021 This one's simple. It's a slide rule(r) FlGatorwood, HARO50 and steven newman 3 Quote
John Morris Posted January 17, 2021 Author Report Posted January 17, 2021 Off Topic posts hidden, now how about back to that brass ruler contraption? FlGatorwood, Cal and steven newman 1 2 Quote
steven newman Posted January 17, 2021 Report Posted January 17, 2021 Wasn't there a Picture Framer's Miter Box that used this to set how long a piece was set in the cutting area ? Thinking either a Goodell Pratt Co. or...a Stanley? Basically... a length stop in a mitre box....tab that sticks up for the wood to rest against. Ruler part would be sitting down in the groove milled for it, in the metal bed. Was later replaced with a wood ruler.... You could "dial" up the length of cut....leave it sit there for the matching cuts....Gear drive allows to fine tune the cut. FlGatorwood, John Morris, Cal and 1 other 4 Quote
Popular Post Larry Buskirk Posted January 17, 2021 Popular Post Report Posted January 17, 2021 ...You named it, it's... 4 hours ago, John Morris said: that brass ruler contraption HARO50, Cal, Gunny and 3 others 2 4 Quote
AndrewB Posted January 26, 2021 Report Posted January 26, 2021 Its a 12 inch ruler.... Cal, John Morris and FlGatorwood 2 1 Quote
Popular Post John Morris Posted January 30, 2021 Author Popular Post Report Posted January 30, 2021 Winner @steven newman has been selected as this months MWTCA Membership recipient. Since a verifiable answer was never arrived at for this item, we went to "close eyes and point at the computer selection" . Award Steven, for your participation you have won a 2021 Calendar Year membership into the MWTCA. Please Private Message me your contact info, shipping address, spouse or significant others name (if applicable). Thank you all for your participation! Links https://mwtca.org/member-benefits/ https://mwtca.org/the-gristmill/ https://mwtca.org/special-publications/ Gristmill Magazine Sample steven newman, Larry Buskirk, FlGatorwood and 4 others 5 2 Quote
Gerald Posted January 31, 2021 Report Posted January 31, 2021 Congrats Steven Gunny, steven newman, Cal and 1 other 3 1 Quote
Gunny Posted January 31, 2021 Report Posted January 31, 2021 Congrats!!!! Cal, steven newman and FlGatorwood 2 1 Quote
DuckSoup Posted January 31, 2021 Report Posted January 31, 2021 Congrats Steve. FlGatorwood, Cal and steven newman 2 1 Quote
Cal Posted January 31, 2021 Report Posted January 31, 2021 Yea Steven! steven newman and FlGatorwood 1 1 Quote
p_toad Posted February 1, 2021 Report Posted February 1, 2021 Congrats! Did i miss the end of January and start of Feb? steven newman, Larry Buskirk and FlGatorwood 1 1 1 Quote
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