Brown & Sharpe Tool ID

[Mick56]

Can anybody tell me what this old Brown & Sharpe tool is called and what it's for? The one knob will do a very fine adjustment, when it moves the block, which is spring loaded.

 

[bill300d]

Looks like a mounting arm for a dial gauge set up.

 

[Mick56]

Thats kinda what I thought, but I don't see how the dial indicator would mount onto the stud on the end.

 

[notlob]

Not really a tool itself, more of a bracket or fixture. To see more examples, do a search for "dial indicator base." Older indicators typically had a lug on the back that the screw would go through.

 

[rsanter]

It is part of an indicator base. It's the part that goes from the upright arm to the indicator. The fine adjustment allows you to zero the indicator

Bob

 

[Richard Cranium]

that is kind of what I was thinking it was.