What is this thing?

[bridger berdel]

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I know I have seen this before.

[Stewie Simpson]

Stanley #88 Clapboard Marking Gauge.

[Charles Wiggins]

It's amazing how many tools we have invented to help us avoid measuring. Pretty cool.

[Rick Malakoff]

Was it used to measure the overlap?

[Andrew Pitonyak]

Stanley #88 Clapboard Marking Gauge.

Tip hat to Stewie..... I had look it up to see what it was used for. more specifically, knowing what it was did not help me until I looked it up. Very cool.,

[Joe Bailey]

Was it used to measure the overlap?

No -- it was (is) used to gauge correct length at which to cut clapboard so that it butted up against corner board.

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The Stanley 89 (also pictured) is used to gauge overlap.

[Rick Malakoff]

Thanks Joe!

[bridger berdel]

Thanks. I kind of doubt I'll ever have need for it and it probably isn't valuable enough to bother with ebay. Hmmm... more things in the pile....

[John K Jordan]

Thanks. I kind of doubt I'll ever have need for it and it probably isn't valuable enough to bother with ebay. Hmmm... more things in the pile....

Send it to CrackerBarrel and they'll hang it on the wall.

JKJ