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What is this

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What is this? It came from 3rd generation Blacksmith shop.

 

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It a measurer of the thickness of metal. It has a name but it escapes me.

SLAG.

It's double calipers. You can either set calipers at the thickness of a piece that needs measuring and then measure the gap between the points, or you can set the points at a desired dimension and check them against your workpiece as it progresses. Double-sided calipers are good for pre-setting a pair of desired measurements, such as the width and thickness of a bar being drawn out. 

Yeah- what he said. It's a double caliper. In use you would set the desired dimensions on the caliper to check your stock as you are working it. saves using a rule.

Steve

And wagon builders/repairers who sort of split the difference doing both wood and metalwork

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