08-07-2014, 02:13 AM
Hello Bob,
In agreement with Bollie, it is definitely some form of strain gauge, based on the flaking paint Production gauges are often baked after painting and use higher quality finishes than the one off gauges so the flaking might indicate this(or it might not,
),
I'd wager that it was a one off or limited production piece, probably made for testing samples in a production/quality control environment as the clamping screws are self centering making it easy to setup where lab equipment is in my experience unusually difficult to set up in an effort to make it more adaptable
The bar clamps have pointy grub screw tips though, which means it's probably not a tool for metallurgical testing as metallurgists get all fussy about marking their test pieces(notch sensitivity) but regardless of anything else you just cant deny how cool it is.
Incidentally, I might have a use for this if you don't, I know you collect this sort of thing but if you are interested in moving it on please let me know
Best regards
Rick
In agreement with Bollie, it is definitely some form of strain gauge, based on the flaking paint Production gauges are often baked after painting and use higher quality finishes than the one off gauges so the flaking might indicate this(or it might not,
), I'd wager that it was a one off or limited production piece, probably made for testing samples in a production/quality control environment as the clamping screws are self centering making it easy to setup where lab equipment is in my experience unusually difficult to set up in an effort to make it more adaptable
The bar clamps have pointy grub screw tips though, which means it's probably not a tool for metallurgical testing as metallurgists get all fussy about marking their test pieces(notch sensitivity) but regardless of anything else you just cant deny how cool it is.
Incidentally, I might have a use for this if you don't, I know you collect this sort of thing but if you are interested in moving it on please let me know
Best regards
Rick
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