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troutrunner



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PostPosted: Fri Jan 05, 2018 10:44 pm    Post subject: Hepworth and Grandage Ltd. Reply with quote

Just browsing my Photobucket collection and came across this that was in my possession for a short while, it is now in Ireland, the photo was taken whilst it was with me Very Happy

I think a picture says a thousand words.

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MVPeters



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PostPosted: Sat Jan 06, 2018 3:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

This is worse than the mystery photos.

Is it a piston-ring-gapper-Omatic?

Or what?
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troutrunner



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PostPosted: Sat Jan 06, 2018 9:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I believe it's for measuring pistons, piston rings, gudgeon pins, etc.

MVPeters wrote:
This is worse than the mystery photos.

Is it a piston-ring-gapper-Omatic?

Or what?

I suppose it could be used for that but I am not sure.

What you do is place the item to be measured inside the steel band on the plate, turn the knob and read the measurement from the window with scale in it, or something like that Very Happy
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1937 Ford Model Y.
1939 Austin 10.
1955 Austin A30.
1958 Ford 300E van.
1961 Austin A40.
1964 Wolseley Hornet.
1965 Series2a Land Rover.
1968 Wolseley Hornet.
1994 Peugeot 405 Est. 2of.
Nil illegitimi Carborundum
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peter scott



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PostPosted: Sat Jan 06, 2018 10:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I would have thought the teeth along the top were simply there to measure the thickness of rings and the band measures the circumference/diameter of the ring.

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winchman



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PostPosted: Sat Jan 06, 2018 10:49 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I have never seen one of these, nice thing
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Rootes75



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 16, 2018 3:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

What a lovely item, never seen anything like that before.
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