Does anybody know what good the little item is in the bottom of the picture? The metal thinga-ma-jig?
It wound up in my shopping bag last weekend....on sale......$8.
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Does anybody know what good the little item is in the bottom of the picture? The metal thinga-ma-jig?
It wound up in my shopping bag last weekend....on sale......$8.
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David
Confidence: That feeling you get before fully understanding a situation (Anonymous)
Just a guess - inside angle gauge?
It is for measuring angles on machined work. They also come in sets like this MYC_186-910.jpg
Lee Schierer
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Lemme get this straight - you bought a tool with an unknown purpose?
Is this a trick question?
It appears to be an angle-setting gauge. You can set up your tools or jigs with it. It's clever in the sense that the angles are pre-set so they're probably good for calibration tasks, yet don't take up much space. The only downside is that they are small.
Heck yes, you can buy tools just because they are cool.
I'm a Creeker, yes I m.
I fries my bacon in a wooden pan.
the one who dies with the most tools... wins. were I to limit myself to only tools I know how to use I would not stand a chance.
David
http://www.kristeel.com/modelag.php
I would have bought it in a minute, but I knew what it was. It can be a very valuable tool.
You did pretty darn good for a blind purchase.
Last edited by Mike Cutler; 05-28-2015 at 3:00 PM.
"The first thing you need to know, will likely be the last thing you learn." (Unknown)
Yes.
HOw it happened was that I perused the Highland WW site before going down there, for sale items.
It was an angle gauge on sale for $8. I thought it was a thread pitch gauge.
When I got to HWW, Sidney-whom I have known forever, I just gave him my list to round up all the stuff I wanted. He was happy to do it. My knee was bothering me.
I didn't look it over on way to cash register cause I was on my way to the Bathurst Estate.
that;s the truth.
David
Confidence: That feeling you get before fully understanding a situation (Anonymous)
I have a whole toolbox (cabinet, middle and top) with tools I don't use........ Am I missing the initial questrion?
The worst part is when your wife see's a tool like that and asks YOU what it is for. You better have an answer, my wife already knows what a left handed blivet hook is.
Rick Potter
DIY journeyman,
FWW wannabe.
AKA Village Idiot.
We occasionally have an event at our house-I announce "it's a first use tool day!"
of course, a happy occasion that a tool has been in fact used (purchased months/years before) for the first time
David
Confidence: That feeling you get before fully understanding a situation (Anonymous)
It's really bad when you forget you have it and 6 months later you buy another one because you don't remember you have one.
Curt