Identifying J.W. Albany 7/8" x 1-3/4" x 10-1/2" steel bars

[CalebG]

These bars came with a machine I bought. I'm wondering if they were intended to be parallel bars or if they're just tool steel blanks. They are parallel to within a thou.
Anyone heard of J.W. Albany? Maybe know what kinds of things they produced?

 

[francist]

Could also be an owner's mark for someone with the initials "J.W." in Albany NY. That sort of marking was very common, wooden planes being a typical example.

I'll check for a maker "JW Albany" though, you never know.

-frank

They look to me like they were meant to be parallels.

 

[benmychree]

They are obviously parallels made by the man whose name is stamped on them; likely he worked in a shop where there were remnants of tool steel, and he made his own parallels, I did the same back in the 1960s, I mad two pairs and still use them; I wish now that I had stamped my name on them as he did.

 

[Martin W]

Caleb
They look like perfect parallels. Use them for whatever purpose you seem fit.
I like finds like that and often wonder about the person who had them before me and what they made.
Cheers
Martin