✅ SOLVED what is this

[gulfrebinms]

i found 3 or 4 of these at an old school built in 1928 i thought it was a rifle sight but to many for that its brass

 

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[sutphin]

I have seen something like this for a sheetmetal thickness gage,zutphen

 

[gulfrebinms]

thanks maybe someone else will know

 

[CaptEsteban]

It looks similar to a sheet metal scribe, but it is not. A scribe would not be made out of such soft metal.

 

[ARC]

Looks like electrical "wire quick catch" related...
Maybe from switch or socket,,, ?
Just a shot in the dark.

 

[Ant]

I think it is a print set gague used to set the height of printing dies. I have one just like it. This same item is occasionally posted in the Whai Is It Forum.

 

[gulfrebinms]

thanks everyone for the help

 

[Ant]

So what did you determine the one that you found to be? Here's the print/type gage that I found 7 or so years ago, the one that I found has marking on it. I was told it was a type setting gage.

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

Mergenthaler Matrix from a Linotype machine (seriously - it is).