[Shop-talk] Trying to determine..........

[Jim Franklin]

A friend says: "Board supporter thing for holding the other end of a long board or piece of mill work during a sequence of cross cuts?"

I'm thinking a loop gauge, for repeated measuring of a length of string/ribbon etc.

I love this old what is it stuff :-)

jim

> On Jun 18, 2020, at 2:03 PM, eric at megageek.com wrote:
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> No, there are no markings, and it does not open in anyway. 
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> "Be as beneficent as the sun or the sea, but if your rights as a rational being are trenched on, die on the first inch of your territory." Ralph Waldo Emerson 
> -Who is John Galt? 
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> From:        Jim Franklin <jamesf at groupwbench.org> 
> To:        Shop-talk at autox.team.net 
> Date:        06/18/2020 11:57 AM 
> Subject:        Re: [Shop-talk] Trying to determine.......... 
> Sent by:        "Shop-talk" <shop-talk-bounces at autox.team.net> 
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> That doesn't open for storage inside? And there are no markings on the sliding part to indicate a gauge or measurement? 
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> jim 
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> On Jun 18, 2020, at 6:21 AM, eric at megageek.com <mailto:eric at megageek.com> wrote: 
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> Now, if you want a hard one, here is one I've had for years that noone has been able to figure out.  It's been on this redit for a while also... 
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> https://www.reddit.com/r/whatisthisthing/comments/azmg9j/friend_found_this_in_a_auction_with_a_bunch_of/ <https://www.reddit.com/r/whatisthisthing/comments/azmg9j/friend_found_this_in_a_auction_with_a_bunch_of/> 
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