Leather thickness tool

[Rossr]

Woburn mach Co. #2.  Also from the buyout I just did.  Always thought these looked neat .  Needed a good bit of clean up.  Functional regardless.   Do they still make these or are they just oddities of bygone days?

 

 

 

 

 

Edited October 29, 2021 by Rossr

[Tugadude]

I too love old tools and have never seen a caliper like that.  Neat!

[RockyAussie]

Ohhhhhh.....I like that a lot

[fredk]

It is an interesting piece

Having both mm and oz on the scale might it be post-WW2? Maybe 1960s?

I have a few old English leather work books of WW2 and immediate post-WW2 era and they measure leather in ounces. Its not till the 1970s books I see leather measured in millimetres

edit to add; btw that chewed up screw head above the MM annoys me. I'd take a fine file to it and smooth it out

 

Edited October 29, 2021 by fredk

[Rossr]

5 minutes ago, fredk said:

It is an interesting piece

Having both mm and oz on the scale might it be post-WW2? Maybe 1960s?

I have a few old English leather work books of WW2 and immediate post-WW2 era and they measure leather in ounces. Its not till the 1970s books I see leather measured in millimetres

edit to add; btw that chewed up screw head above the MM annoys me. I'd take a fine file to it and smooth it out

 

Now you've done it.  I'll have to fix that.  I already replaced a screw(was missing) and my father laughed at me it fit fine but the head was bigger than the inset hole. So I took it down to size and made it flush and pretty.    

I get way down rabbit holes fixing up old stuff 

 

R

[RockyAussie]

Send it over here mate and I will fix that up for you and send it back Honest.

[fredk]

17 minutes ago, Rossr said:

I get way down rabbit holes fixing up old stuff 

yeah but its fun, interesting and satisfying when its done

 

edit: umm, do I see   another chewed up screw head? 3rd photo, bottom right, 

Edited October 29, 2021 by fredk

[Rossr]

4 minutes ago, RockyAussie said:

Send it over here mate and I will fix that up for you and send it back Honest.

I'll add it to the folding table lol!

1 minute ago, fredk said:

yeah but its fun, interesting and satisfying when its done

Very true Fred,  I like bringing tools back to life,   

[dikman]

That is impressive!! A bit more character than my digital one.

[bruce johnson]

Woburn made these thickness gauges in sizes #1-#4 . Not all that uncommon but the people that have them don't usually part with them. The #2 seems to be the usual size I get. The #4 is a whopper and has a 12" reach.