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needthingsdone?

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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jmic

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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tgeb

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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Mike Finley

That's an old angle finder off of a 40mm flack gun off a WWII destroyer.

Teetorbilt

Mike, are you sure that it's off of a destroyer? Which one?

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Mike Finley

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.

joasis

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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Chris G

That's an old Delsit mulitple angle gravity finder. Very rare.

Bone Saw

That's a sextant, used to find your latitude using at sea

Teetorbilt

I wish Dad was still around, he'd know.

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mdshunk

That's the piece off the end of a Regal-Beloit machinist's sine vise

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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Woz the Painter

I agree with Bone Saw, believe it to be from the Santa Maria, from 1492...

Dustball

I disagree. I believe it was used by the ancient Italians for determining the correct pizza slice angles.

RobertCDF

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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worlds first spark plug gapper.

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Teetorbilt

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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mdshunk

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.

Teetorbilt

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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needthingsdone?

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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