What is this designed to measure?

[chrismenke]

5MM Mitutoyo gauge on top with handle to adjust the opening of the jaws. Jaws have a lip which looks like it is set up to pinch onto something.

 

[Outlawmws]

You have a rare ****** mic.

 

[Elvenhome21]

You have a rare ****** mic.

did mit think that women needed a more precise tool for measuring bra size? joke

 

[larry_g]

Odds are that is a custom built devise made for QC'ing something during a manufacturing process. I was think for measuring a detail height on a pipe, but the machining on the bottom of the jaws doesn't lend credence to that guess.

Any clues from where it came from?

lg
no neat sig line

 

[softailgarage]

It's for Orthodontics.

http://orthazone.com/category_products.php?cid=23

 

[chrismenke]

It came out of a super garage sale score....the Taco Wagon of a former German car tech.

Loads of Hazet/Heyco MBZ/Porsche tools in there as well.

 

[davethorik]

I'm guessing it was multipurposed as a fitting measuring device? or for reaching down into an area to get a reading.

 

[Outlawmws]

OK, All silliness aside, I'm guessing that is to measure the wear on a cam lobe for a particular cam.

 

[gorilla]

I think it's used to measure valve lift on a MB to set timing.

 

[chrismenke]

Outlaw, gorrilla...those sound like pretty good theories. I'll have a look through some of the MBZ tools listings to see if I can find a match.

 

[scw1991]

***** girth ??

 

[4x4gearhead]

***** girth ??

I prefer to not know...