Mystery object

Mystery object

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15 February 2019 at 08:19 #396357
Gary Wooding
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A friend was given this mystery object, but has no idea what it is or what it was used for. He brought it to the ME club last night, and nobody could shed any light on it or its use either.

Its about 10" long and lives in a fitted wooden box. There is a corroded 1/4" (?) ball that fits into the recess at the end, at the bottom of which is a small hole that looks as if it has some sort of thin oil in it. There is no scale or other markings associated with the indicator that is apparent in the photo.

Any ideas?

Edited By Gary Wooding on 15/02/2019 08:19:59
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15 February 2019 at 08:19 #26437
Gary Wooding
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15 February 2019 at 08:36 #396363
I.M. OUTAHERE
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Your friend couldn't be in a better spot for the first picture

Edited By XD 351 on 15/02/2019 08:38:10
15 February 2019 at 08:36 #396364
Stuart Bridger
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Matrix were (and still are) clutch manufacturers. Only a guess, but some form of alignnment tool?
15 February 2019 at 08:43 #396366
MichaelR
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Looks something like these Link
16 February 2019 at 08:04 #396509
Gary Wooding
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Thanks for the suggestions – I'll report back to my friend.
16 February 2019 at 08:22 #396511
John MC
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It's a fiducial indicator. Fitted to (engineering) inspection equipment to ensure consistency of measurement.

John
16 February 2019 at 08:30 #396512
Tony Pratt 1
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Posted by John MC on 16/02/2019 08:22:53:

It's a fiducial indicator. Fitted to (engineering) inspection equipment to ensure consistency of measurement.

John

John is correct.

Tony
16 February 2019 at 12:12 #396548
Gary Wooding
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Thank you.
16 February 2019 at 13:24 #396560
fishy-steve
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Looking at this picture you can see the fiducial indicator in it's instrument.
16 February 2019 at 14:36 #396569
Michael Gilligan
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Posted by John MC on 16/02/2019 08:22:53:

It's a fiducial indicator. Fitted to (engineering) inspection equipment to ensure consistency of measurement.

.

… as featured in another very recent thread: **LINK**

https://www.model-engineer.co.uk/forums/postings.asp?th=140434

MichaelG.
16 February 2019 at 15:33 #396575
Neil Wyatt
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Michael might like this PDF

The link is a very long google link.

Neil
16 February 2019 at 17:17 #396593
Michael Gilligan
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Posted by Neil Wyatt on 16/02/2019 15:33:10:

Michael might like this PDF

.

Thanks, Neil

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