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Rules and Rulers70 of 140My 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 8 years ago

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    jberg
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    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, 8 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, 8 years ago
      Frisco has it.
    3. fhrjr2 fhrjr2, 8 years ago
      I would agree but wonder if the attachment might be a tapering jig in that it is calibrated to 60".
    4. jberg, 8 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, 8 years ago
      Our Pleasure jberg!

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