Darling, Brown and Sharpe ??

[Mark914]

Happened to be using this old angle finder thing (what is it called anyway?) that was in my machinist toolbox i got a few years ago and noticed it said Darling, Brown and Sharpe. Never saw the Darling on a B+S tool before.
After some research, it seems like Darling was a partner from 1862 to 1897. Is this thing really that old ? If so, it would now be the oldest tool I own .

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[dittle fart around]

That's a pretty common angle duplicator. At lease common enough that I have one. Mine's got a plastic handle that's split but everything else is the same.

 

[Adam.C]

It's called a machinist's sliding bevel gage.

 

[dos zetas]

Darling was a partner of B&S for a while- he build a graduating machine they wanted, I think. Both Darling and B&S made very good scales, I like the DBS one in my box and use it daily.
You should keep it, it's too beat to be a collectors item but it should last you til about 2160 if you take care of it.

 

[larry_g]

There are some Darling stamped tools out there that are in the thousand dollar range. I watched one on e-bay a few years back and it went 4 figures. I asked on one of the machinist boards and a member was one of the bidders. He explained the value.

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