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[Crispin]

Found in Virginia Beach near the Chesapeake Bay. Near Seal training and civil war finds.... Tested as copper...

 

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[deepsecrets]

Looks like a

Thread Gauge Lathe Tool​

 

[NOLA_Ken]

It looks like a miniature version of the gauge used to set blade height on a table saw.... Way too small for that though

 

[1637]

it part of a old one sided razor blade dispenser.
brad

 

[tamrock]

7 Δ 30 ... I believe it's alien In my google search it all looks alien to me " my minds blown" https://scholar.google.com/scholar?...ved=0ahUKEwjthp2QscLJAhXKnoMKHUbBAGgQgQMIGjAA

 

[fowledup]

Bolt, screw, or pin sizing gauge with a go no go gauge for something else. I'd say built task specific. Very cool, can't wait to find out more.

 

[Lafitte Deux]

Looks like a watchmakers gauge.

 

[Ant]

Years ago I posted this same What Is It, and every now and then someone else dose too.
Someone posted a link that showed the gage in its own niche inside an old large wooden shadow box along with dozens of different print or type dies.

I can never find the that thread, or the link to the that shadow box. Here's the one that I found, and another relatively recent thread about the same What Is It:

http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/what/464902-what.html

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

Are you ready for this . . .

It's a MERGENTHALER MATRIX! For a Linotype machine. The raised spot between the "nicks" on the side is a character.







Clink the link below to see what the writing on it means:

Mergenthaler Linotype Matrix Identification




Bring 'em on. ;-)

 

[Ant]

I know it isn't an exact match but the box had so many items in it that most likely this is just another gage in the set for different style of print or type dies.

 

[Digger]

I've got one I've had for years and no idea what it is.

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

I've got one I've had for years and no idea what it is.

Look up. ;-)

 

[DCMatt]

Well shove my guitar case under the bed and call me Shorty!

That is an awesome ID!

 

[Ant]

So the way it looks is that it is indeed a type identifying or setting gage right?

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

It contains the character (and a space is a character in a type set) so, yes . . . kinda. A stack of those pieces would make a line of type. They are not used to gauge or measure. They are the items containing each character. The jaws just held it tightly to the index row.

The matrix (piece you have) is placed in a gauge, so, no. It's not a gauge.

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The Linotype matrix​

Each matrix contains the letter form for a single character of a font of type; i.e., a particular type design in a particular size. The letter form is engraved into one side of the matrix. For sizes up to 14 points, and in some matrices of size 16 to 24 points, the matrix has two letter forms on it, the normal and auxiliary positions. The normal position has the upright (Roman) form of a given character, and on the auxiliary, the slanted (Italic) form of that character will be used, but this can also be the boldface form or even a different font entirely. The machine operator can select which of the two will be cast by operating the auxiliary rail of the assembler, or, when setting entire lines of italics, by using theflap, which is a piece that can be turned under a portion of the first elevator column. This is the origin of the old typesetting terms upper rail for italic and lower rail for Roman characters. These terms have persisted in phototypesetting technology even though the mechanics of the auxiliary rail do not exist there. The character on a Linotype matrix, when viewed, is not inverted as a letter for conventional movable type would be, and the letter is incised below the surface rather than raised above it. This is because the matrix is not used directly to print onto the paper—rather, it is used as part of a mold from which a metal slug will be cast. The slug has its features reversed: therefore, the matrix does not.

 

[jewelerguy]

 

[NOLA_Ken]

Now that was an outstanding ID!

 

[cw0909]

charlie p. Are you ready for this . . .

great ID

 

[IndianaHunter27]

Wow good call, I didn't have the slightest clue as to what it was!

 

[kingskid1611]

Into the matrix we now go.....Good ID.