This is something I got some time ago, for almost nothing. I don't even really have (much) use for it. 0.0001 inch graduations, 0.050 useful range if you zero it at the top. 0.070 absolute max movement. It's huge at 2-3/4 inches across, and it's very, very heavy. by feel, it feels like it's probably 70 percent solid steel Give or take of course. And the mount on the back is at what at first appears to be an awkward angle. Any ideas what that mount might have been used for? I hung on to it because it's marked "The Fellows Gear Shaper Company, Springfield VT. I can remember being there as a young kid. I couldn't tell you why we were there, nobody I know worked there, but nonetheless...
Anyhow... Does anyone recognize this as a known brand of indicator, that might be repairable by one of the many companies out there who do this? I'm pretty curious what it's purpose might have been, as it's not crazy unique, but not standard either. It needs a crystal, as I had to wipe it with glass cleaner and take a picture "wet" to get a picture at all, and it needs to be opened up and cleaned. Not the clockwork bits, but under the bezel ring is full of crap. I'm trying to decide if this is worth the effort, expense, and frankly, the risk of mailing it off somewhere for some needed attention that I just can't give it.
Anyhow... Does anyone recognize this as a known brand of indicator, that might be repairable by one of the many companies out there who do this? I'm pretty curious what it's purpose might have been, as it's not crazy unique, but not standard either. It needs a crystal, as I had to wipe it with glass cleaner and take a picture "wet" to get a picture at all, and it needs to be opened up and cleaned. Not the clockwork bits, but under the bezel ring is full of crap. I'm trying to decide if this is worth the effort, expense, and frankly, the risk of mailing it off somewhere for some needed attention that I just can't give it.
