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11-16-2006, 06:16 PM
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The what is it game
Can anyone tell me what this tool is? Found it in one of my brothers toolboxes and we have no clue.
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11-16-2006, 06:51 PM
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Not sure Needs, but it looks like you could use it for a bottle opener. On second thought why don't you ask old Denick . He's been around lots longer than most people on this Board. 
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11-16-2006, 07:18 PM
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It is part of some kind of device used for doing things of some sort or other.
What do I win. 
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11-16-2006, 07:33 PM
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That's an old angle finder off of a 40mm flack gun off a WWII destroyer.
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11-16-2006, 07:38 PM
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Mike, are you sure that it's off of a destroyer? Which one?
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11-16-2006, 07:42 PM
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Umm, the William Buckley while it was stationed out of Papau New Guinea from April 1944 to Dec 1945.
You probably thought it was off a PT, that's a common misconception, but you can always tell the difference because the ones off of PTs because they had a pointer under the set screw you can see between the two bigger knobs.
Last edited by Mike Finley; 11-16-2006 at 07:44 PM.
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11-16-2006, 07:43 PM
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I would bet it isn't complete, but with the partial azimuth, it has to be something with grade or abgle...and that is my best guess.
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11-16-2006, 07:45 PM
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That's an old Delsit mulitple angle gravity finder. Very rare.
Last edited by Chris G; 11-16-2006 at 07:46 PM.
Reason: Aww heck do I have to tell
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11-16-2006, 07:53 PM
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That's a sextant, used to find your latitude using at sea 
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11-16-2006, 08:12 PM
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I wish Dad was still around, he'd know.
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11-16-2006, 10:17 PM
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That's the piece off the end of a Regal-Beloit machinist's sine vise
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11-16-2006, 10:48 PM
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Ok, great news!!!, Though I haven't got the faintest idea what a Regal-Beloit machinist's sine vise is !!!!!!!  And obviously I don't have the rest of it !! I'm sure there's a huge market for these on Ebay though !!! 
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11-17-2006, 01:26 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bone Saw
That's a sextant, used to find your latitude using at sea |
I agree with Bone Saw, believe it to be from the Santa Maria, from 1492...
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11-17-2006, 09:56 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Woz the Painter
I agree with Bone Saw, believe it to be from the Santa Maria, from 1492...
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I disagree. I believe it was used by the ancient Italians for determining the correct pizza slice angles.
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11-17-2006, 11:33 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by needthingsdone?
Ok, great news!!!, Though I haven't got the faintest idea what a Regal-Beloit machinist's sine vise is !!!!!!! And obviously I don't have the rest of it !! I'm sure there's a huge market for these on Ebay though !!!
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maybe... But what catergory to you place it in... And what do you call it so people can find it in a search?
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11-17-2006, 10:47 PM
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worlds first spark plug gapper.
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11-17-2006, 11:57 PM
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I can't believe that nobody knows what this thing is.
It's driving me out of my nuts. An old Egyptian saying. I worked for the dude for years.
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11-17-2006, 11:58 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Teetorbilt
I can't believe that nobody knows what this thing is.
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I already said what it was. It's the scale off the side of a larger framed sine vise or similar machinist's workholding device. That was not a joke. That is what it is. It looks pretty thrashed, by the way. It is basically worthless without the vise or workholder that it was designed to go on.
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11-18-2006, 12:15 AM
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I've spent more than a few years in machine shops and own a few vices, never seen anything like it.
G17, G20, G40, G41, gotta look at my notes, it's been years.
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11-18-2006, 01:54 PM
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The piece is actually in very good condition, the action of the slides is great and the markings are all very readable as I use it for it's true intended purpose, which is ........to hold down all the loose papers next to my computer!
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