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Larry McGarrah
05-25-2012, 7:52 PM
I need help from the experts on this one. What is it? It says Stanley and has a clamp on the back side and holes with three set screws on the front. It looks to have been chromed or nickel plated at one time.
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ray hampton
05-25-2012, 8:05 PM
this could be a holder that clamp to a table and hold a lamp
george wilson
05-26-2012, 8:48 AM
A trammel?
Dan Carroll
05-26-2012, 9:18 AM
George, I think you are right. WOuld have held a point or pencel and a pair attached to some kind of beam. Trammel explains all the holes etc.
Jim Koepke
05-26-2012, 1:30 PM
Looks like George nailed it.
The John Walter book shows them on page 635.
They are listed as "Machinist Trammels."
There are two models #5 & #6. The #6 was stamped on one of the top screws. The #6 came with 8 points and a roller scribe.
An original set looks to be pretty pricey in the $200 and up range.
jtk
Larry McGarrah
05-26-2012, 3:26 PM
I got this tammel in a bag of junk for $10. Also in the bag was a Stanley No. 51 SH spoke shave, a Brown & Sharpe #510 protractor (pat Dec. 2, 1890), a Perfection nutcracker (pat. 1914) and 2 calipers.
Bill Houghton
05-26-2012, 4:31 PM
Some people pay $10 and more for a Stanley No. 51 all by its lonesome. And you got this trammel set half, and a neat-looking protractor (I looked up the patent, here: http://www.datamp.org/patents/displayPatent.php?id=18223), and other good toys. Good score!
Some people think you need both halves of a trammel point set to work. But if you drive a nail near one end of a stick a little longer than your desired radius, with the point sticking out, you can clamp what you've got to the other end, and go to work.
I wonder what the holes and set screws are for? Perhaps some kind of fine adjustment?
Larry McGarrah
05-26-2012, 7:51 PM
Here is my complete $10 score (minus one caliper)
232953
Jessica Pierce-LaRose
05-26-2012, 8:07 PM
If you search for "Stanley 6 Trammel" on Jim Bode Tools (or eBay - he's usually got his stuff posted both on his site and eBay) he's got a complete set. I'm not even sure what one would do with all those pieces!
James Taglienti
05-26-2012, 8:57 PM
Is that a nutcracker?
Bruce Haugen
05-26-2012, 10:38 PM
Here is my complete $10 score (minus one caliper)
232953
It's virtually impossible to describe how much you suck! :D
What a score -- way to go!!
george wilson
05-26-2012, 11:06 PM
Great protractor!!
Jim Koepke
05-26-2012, 11:22 PM
I wonder what the holes and set screws are for?
There are different tips that allow it to be used as an inside or outside caliper and also hold a second set of tips for a different operation.
Kind of the deluxe trammel set.
jtk
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