What's it?

[snoopdog]

 

[buffdan]

Some kind of thickness gauge? Or cutter setting gauge?

 

[Mill Lee farm]

Wow, ok. Definitely a Starrett back plunger indicator. Is it a press fit?!? So you have to press it in and out to adjust it? Can you still spin it inside the bezel to zero it?

Look like a fancy depth gauge for wide surfaces?
Maybe to measure the depth of something rough or pointy like a gear in relation to an adjoining surface?

Looks like a bit of effort went into it! I like the serrated edge details.

Any idea what the extra 4 holes are? Merely ’lightening’?
Or maybe they cleared bolt/screw heads?

 

[mattthemuppet2]

flatness comparator?

 

[snoopdog]

Wow, ok. Definitely a Starrett back plunger indicator. Is it a press fit?!? So you have to press it in and out to adjust it? Can you still spin it inside the bezel to zero it?

Look like a fancy depth gauge for wide surfaces?
Maybe to measure the depth of something rough or pointy like a gear in relation to an adjoining surface?

Looks like a bit of effort went into it! I like the serrated edge details.

Any idea what the extra 4 holes are? Merely ’lightening’?
Or maybe they cleared bolt/screw heads?

(Maybe to measure the depth of something rough or pointy like a gear in relation to an adjoining surface?)
I think this is probably the right direction, I originally thought a flatness or step comparator, like Matt suggested. However, the button does not recede past the surface, if I phrased that right. I can't turn the bezel by hand, with a small instrument, maybe. As far as the 4 holes, lightening maybe, it is stupid heavy, but I'm gonna guess a locating feature for now. I haven't tried pushing it in or to adjust.

 

[GeneT45]

Looks to me like some quick inspection gauge. Holes could be for alignment to the part being inspected.

GsT

 

[682bear]

Looks to me like some quick inspection gauge. Holes could be for alignment to the part being inspected.

GsT

That would be my guess... a purpose made tool to measure a specific feature...

It's pretty neat, anyway.

-Bear

 

[kd4gij]

May be for measuring head clearance on a small engine

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[strantor]

If a phone can have a camera built into it, and a freezer can have a tablet built into it, and a lawn chair can have speakers built into it, then why can't a meat tenderizer have an indicator built into it? It probably shipped with a lathe/mill/drill combo machine, along with a ratchethammer.

 

[pontiac428]

along with a ratchethammer.

Who would buy that? All ratchets have hammers, everybody knows that!