chrisd Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 I was a machinist for quite some time, and I never saw one of these. Any ideas? Link to comment
Bill_Walker Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 Maybe a chain pitch gauge? Just guessing. Or a chain wear gauge? Link to comment
chrisd Posted February 16, 2017 Author Share Posted February 16, 2017 That was my first guess too. But nothing remotely like that comes up on Google when I searched for chain gauges of various types. Link to comment
realshelby Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 ACME thread pitch? Some hard rock drilling equipment has round threads on drill steel, don't know what they are called. Link to comment
Charles Elms Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 Something a carpenter of old might have used to scrape in some type of molding? Link to comment
Joe Frickin' Friday Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 ACME thread pitch? Some hard rock drilling equipment has round threads on drill steel, don't know what they are called. Sounds like knuckle thread, but I don't think the OP's gauge would fit that; the troughs/crests of knuckle thread appear to be the same, whereas the OP's gauge comes to points where it would fit in the troughs, like it's designed to measure a scalloped surface. Link to comment
Mike Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 Clearly, none of you have ever worked with fnortners. Link to comment
Bud Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 Clearly, none of you have ever worked with fnortners. Not even sure that is a word. Link to comment
tallman Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 ACME thread pitch? Some hard rock drilling equipment has round threads on drill steel, don't know what they are called. My vote is a thread pitch feeler gauage. Link to comment
Joe Frickin' Friday Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 Clearly, none of you have ever worked with fnortners. Not even sure that is a word. It's a perfectly cromulent word. Link to comment
Glenn Reed Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 Clearly, none of you have ever worked with fnortners. Not even sure that is a word. It's a perfectly cromulent word. Nice! Link to comment
scout6 Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 According to Fletch, it is all about ball bearings, so this must be a ball bearing gauge. Link to comment
Skywagon Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 https://www.google.com/search?q=Antique+Wire+drill+gauge+-+NBI+Co+brass+steel+measuring+tool&biw=1125&bih=712&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjShrXZ6pXSAhUX-mMKHbD7DLsQsAQIIA#imgrc=llRJQrYoI8pL9M: not exactly but close Link to comment
Mike Posted February 17, 2017 Share Posted February 17, 2017 Clearly, none of you have ever worked with fnortners. Not even sure that is a word. It's a perfectly cromulent word. I would hope that this discussion would embiggen others to expand their vocabulary. Link to comment
EffBee Posted February 18, 2017 Share Posted February 18, 2017 Reservoir level gauge for the turn signal fluid, OR Wear gauge for the muffler bearing (left side only as the gauge for the right has the wear indicators on the other side). Link to comment
chrisd Posted February 19, 2017 Author Share Posted February 19, 2017 Reservoir level gauge for the turn signal fluid, OR Wear gauge for the muffler bearing (left side only as the gauge for the right has the wear indicators on the other side). You're closer to figuring this out than I am. Link to comment
doc47 Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 Clearly, none of you have ever worked with fnortners. Not even sure that is a word. It's a perfectly cromulent word. Nice! Used by klooge-makers the world over. Link to comment
Bud Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 Clearly, none of you have ever worked with fnortners. Not even sure that is a word. It's a perfectly cromulent word. Link to comment
Bud Posted February 19, 2017 Share Posted February 19, 2017 I was a machinist for quite some time, and I never saw one of these. Any ideas? This certifiably unobtanium and worth a fortune for those trying to fix their flux capacitor! Don't let someone try to buy them at a low price. Link to comment
EffBee Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 It's a perfectly cromulent word. Allow me to be the first to offer Dr. Patrie my most sincere contrafibularities! Link to comment
Bill_Walker Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 It's a dilithium crystal size gauge, left here by Scotty when the Enterprise traveled back in time to the 20th Century. Link to comment
taylor1 Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 I think Bill is the winner LOL!!! Link to comment
John Ranalletta Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 (edited) A guy on FB has the answer: Garage door spring gauge https://www.garagedoorstuff.com/product/garage-door-spring-gauge/ Edited February 21, 2017 by John Ranalletta Link to comment
chrisd Posted February 21, 2017 Author Share Posted February 21, 2017 Hahaha, thanks, John. I would never have guessed that. And I just had a garage door installed. Interesting side note- the guy selling this is a private seller with about 930 active posts on craigslist. Link to comment
Joe Frickin' Friday Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 A guy on FB has the answer: Garage door spring gauge Thanks for posting that; this has been burning a hole in my brain all week. Link to comment
tallman Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 Springs, we don't need no stinking springs. No springs garage door Link to comment
Joe Frickin' Friday Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 Springs, we don't need no stinking springs. No springs garage door Sounds nice. A couple of years ago our garage door spring broke as the door was nearly closed - in other words, it was wound up just about as tight as it ever gets. It was like a shotgun going off inside the garage, scared the bejeebers out of me. Link to comment
TEWKS Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 That happened to me also, a powerful force for sure. Mine wasn't bejeebers though. Pat Link to comment
realshelby Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 A couple of years ago our garage door spring broke as the door was nearly closed - in other words, it was wound up just about as tight as it ever gets. It was like a shotgun going off inside the garage, scared the bejeebers out of me. Both garage doors at my home with the long springs that run the length of the track have a nylon rope inside them. Tied off at each end, these can literally save a life. I have seen what these springs can do when they break. Link to comment
Joe Frickin' Friday Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 A couple of years ago our garage door spring broke as the door was nearly closed - in other words, it was wound up just about as tight as it ever gets. It was like a shotgun going off inside the garage, scared the bejeebers out of me. Both garage doors at my home with the long springs that run the length of the track have a nylon rope inside them. Tied off at each end, these can literally save a life. I have seen what these springs can do when they break. My first house had axial springs like that, but I don't recall them being tethered as you describe; I figured if they broke the pieces would have vertical momentum, but of course unpredictable ricochets could happen. My current home's garage door has a torsion spring (this is where the OP's spring gauge would have been used), so when it broke, the pieces were still wrapped around the pulley shaft and couldn't go anywhere. Link to comment
Bud Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 Springs, we don't need no stinking springs. No springs garage door Sounds nice. A couple of years ago our garage door spring broke as the door was nearly closed - in other words, it was wound up just about as tight as it ever gets. It was like a shotgun going off inside the garage, scared the bejeebers out of me. I was sleeping one night a woke because of a loud and strange sound from our garage. Went and looked. Hmmmmm.... nothing. Then the next morning I tried to raise the door! Broken spring still on the tube. Link to comment
realshelby Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 My shop has the axial springs. Much better. I think much more expensive too! The long skinny springs that stretch out lengthwise that are on the house garage doors are more common I think. I learned to install the rope inside the diameter probably 30 or more years ago. With garage door down, and spring stretched out, you can snake a length of good nylon rope down the length. Leave a touch of slack and tie off at or near the spring end mount. I have had one break with rope inside, it simply stayed in place. Link to comment
tallman Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 Mine came w/a rope latch release so it can be raised/lowered by hand, if need be. Link to comment
Joe Frickin' Friday Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 Mine came w/a rope latch release so it can be raised/lowered by hand, if need be. My garage door is two cars wide; when the spring broke and trapped the cars inside, I had to raise the door by hand, and it was HEAVY... Link to comment
tallman Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 Yeah, but you got da mojo... Link to comment
Hank in WV Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 I had the old style springs on my garage door many years ago and one apparently broke overnight. When I was finally able to get the door up, I found I no longer had a windshield on the Vetter on my '78 Wing. Link to comment
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