irnsrgn Posted September 8, 2005 Share Posted September 8, 2005 Anybody know what this antique tool is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meco3hp Posted September 8, 2005 Share Posted September 8, 2005 Hello, It looks like part of a early indicator. You might go post it over on the Antique Machinery and History section of the,http://www.practicalmachinist.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irnsrgn Posted September 8, 2005 Author Share Posted September 8, 2005 I know what it is meco, I use it occasionally, and you are close. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike-hr Posted September 9, 2005 Share Posted September 9, 2005 Do the numbers correspond with degrees, in a circle? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irnsrgn Posted September 9, 2005 Author Share Posted September 9, 2005 Mike, you have problably used the modern version quite a bit. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ten Hammers Posted September 9, 2005 Share Posted September 9, 2005 With a smaller lock screw, it could be a windage adjustment for a gunsight. I will say it is for machining tool of some sort but not my area of knowledge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yesteryearforge Posted September 9, 2005 Share Posted September 9, 2005 its thr predessor of the modern dial indicator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irnsrgn Posted September 9, 2005 Author Share Posted September 9, 2005 BINGO, We have the correct answer. The tool and its modern day counterpart, some call it the last word indicator. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strine Posted September 9, 2005 Share Posted September 9, 2005 Well you got me in. What the dickens is a dial indicator. What does it indicate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irnsrgn Posted September 10, 2005 Author Share Posted September 10, 2005 LOL,Strine. The old indicator is graduated in thousandts of an inch And new version in the background uses a rotary dial graduated into half thousandts. Its used by machinists to dial or locate an exact point on an edge etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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