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266018 | <ecoyle@t...> | 2018‑06‑17 | a little drive by gloat.... |
saw this in an antique store in Halifax NS https://www.flickr.com/photos/49890731@N.../42070461544/in/dateposted-public/ So intriguing with the filagree casting that I just couldn’t resist. Mis-id’d as a Craftsman try square, turns out it is union tool try square circa 1885, predating the starret patent on a try square And it was probably (exquisitly) re-japanned or was never used (not likely) Sometimes you jus gotta trust yer gut eh? Cowtown Eric Keeping the faith |
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266019 | Kirk Eppler <eppler.kirk@g...> | 2018‑06‑17 | Re: a little drive by gloat.... |
On Sat, Jun 16, 2018 at 9:09 PM |
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266020 | gary may | 2018‑06‑17 | Re: a little drive by gloat.... |
Eric! That's beautiful! Doesn't matter what you had to pay, if you could afford it, it's worth it. A quibble though, I've heard all my life that Leroy developed the very first combo square in the 1870s and founded the company to manufacture them and SO much more in 1880. Not so? EMWTK---gam in OlyWA How horrible it is to have so many people killed!---And what a blessing one cares for none of them! Jane Austen From: "ecoyle@t..." |
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266021 | Ed Minch <ruby1638@a...> | 2018‑06‑17 | Re: a little drive by gloat.... |
That thing is beautiful Ed Minch |
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266022 | William Ghio <bghio@m...> | 2018‑06‑17 | Re: a little drive by gloat.... |
> On Jun 16, 2018, at 11:02 PM, ecoyle@t... wrote: > > saw this in an antique store in Halifax NS > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/49890731@N.../42070461544/in/dateposted-public/ > > So intriguing with the filagree casting that I just couldn’t resist. Mis-id’d as a Craftsman try square, turns out it is union tool try square circa 1885, predating the starret patent on a try square > And it was probably (exquisitly) re-japanned or was never used (not likely) > Sometimes you jus gotta trust yer gut eh? > Got one. Mine came w/ a Goodell-Pratt rule but the seller id’ed the head as a Standard Rule Co. design. Here is a catalog page c. 1890 (about 1/2 way down the page; click to open images): https://www.practicalmachinist.com/vb/antique-machinery-and-history /standard-tool-co-chaplins-patent-4-rule-help- identify-332258/">https://www.practicalmachinist.com/vb/antique-machinery-and- history/standard-tool-co-chaplins-patent-4-rule-help-identify-332258/ And two more references: https://www.antiqbuyer.com/All_Archives/TOOLS_ARCHIVE/archive-SQUARES-BVLS.htm https://books.google.com/books?id=MLLPdr3q-B8C&pg=PA23&lpg=PA23&dq=Stan dard+Tool+Co.+center+square&source=bl&ots=23qfEbtZg7&sig=gD7sKTjsWDNu3oDWSrFtpUE 3Pnk&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjQ5IPm0trbAhXJqFkKHQpCDC4Q6AEwEnoECAQQAQ#v=onepage&q= Standard%20Tool%20Co.%20center%20square&f=false">https://books.google.com/books? id=MLLPdr3q-B8C&pg=PA23&lpg=PA23&dq=Standard+Tool+Co.+center+square&source=bl&ot s=23qfEbtZg7&sig=gD7sKTjsWDNu3oDWSrFtpUE3Pnk&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjQ5IPm0trbAhX JqFkKHQpCDC4Q6AEwEnoECAQQAQ#v=onepage&q=Standard%20Tool%20Co.%20center%20square& f=false Part of the id is that it is a two piece casting. Look for four rivets holding the thing together where the blade passes thru. Bill |
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266031 | cliff <rohrabacher@e...> | 2018‑06‑21 | Re: a little drive by gloat.... |
I don't think I could have resisted either |
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266032 | W Pickens <ws.pickens@w...> | 2018‑06‑21 | Re: a little drive by gloat.... |
It looks like the scriber is missing Of course NICE find |
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266033 | Christopher Dunn <christopherdunn123@g...> | 2018‑06‑21 | Re: a little drive by gloat.... |
Eric I've got one as well with a rule that doesn't have any makers mark, and the groove is offset from the center. I don't use it much because the rule is tapered down it's length, and thus can't draw a perpendicular line to anything. So it just hangs on my tool board and looks nice. I didn't realize it would work with a Starrett rule, so maybe it's time to take it out of retirement. Thanks, Chris |
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