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Rules and Rulers77 of 147My Grandfather's ruler, he came to US in 1916 was a mason, carpenter and forged ironGerman Made Map Measure (Opsiometer)
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    Posted 10 years ago

    jberg
    (4 items)

    would like to know what this could be ,it does have ruler markings up to 60 inches thank you for any details about it

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    1. frisco frisco, 10 years ago
      Looks like you have an old table saw miter gage, with a stop block extension that was added on to it.

      https://www.google.com/search?q=vintage+table+saw+miter+gage&espv=2&biw=1366&bih=643&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0CDsQsARqFQoTCJeTnLiD98gCFQ2XiAodBn8Bsw#tbm=isch&q=antique+table+saw+miter+guage&imgdii=DZeR4cnJ9uGiXM%3A%3BDZeR4cnJ9uGiXM%3A%3Bhsvt1kKox3TvwM%3A&imgrc=DZeR4cnJ9uGiXM%3A
    2. blunderbuss2 blunderbuss2, 10 years ago
      Frisco has it.
    3. fhrjr2 fhrjr2, 10 years ago
      I would agree but wonder if the attachment might be a tapering jig in that it is calibrated to 60".
    4. jberg, 9 years ago
      thank you all , I would never know what to call this, old items left behind
      appreciate your help mystery solved!
    5. frisco frisco, 9 years ago
      Our Pleasure jberg!

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