Identify this machinist tool?

[Idlem]

Can someone identify this machinist tool for me ? The name on it is W.S. Shrode.

 

[Boomer9275]

Can someone identify this machinist tool for me ? The name on it is W.S. Shrode.

Looks like some sort of square a guy made for a setup or something and stamped his initials in. I make similar blocks all the time for different setups and checking parts. Hard to say exactly what it was used for.


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[B.S.A. (ret.)]

Looks like he made it to check angles. 30 degree, 60 degree & 90 degree

 

[Idlem]

I bought a tool box full of old school machinist tools and there were 2 of these in it and wondering what they were used for, Thanks.

 

[Old Man Roger]

So no ones gonna ask about the picture on the table?

 

[larry_g]

Custom made angle. Very well could be for setup of a repeating job he had to do. I watched Oxtool, on utube, using something similar for getting repeating setups on making an angled cut.

 

[RTM]

Looked up "W S Shrode" on Google books. Only listings seem to be the same guy in Indiana from 1929 - 40, in public works. Don't think he made it, thus agree with the other guys about home made for a specific tool. The cut outs for the "not corners" seem interesting, and point to a very specific tool.

Couple of older guys with those initials, maybe see if any are close to you, and try to internet sleuth to see what they did for a living?

https://www.truepeoplesearch.com/find/shrode/willard

 

[The Cobbler]

I agree on the handmade, with name stamped in it. could have been a trade school project even

 

[Kevin54]

It's a handmade 30/60 degree precision angle block and the name in it is the name of the toolmaker. The notches in it are in there on purpose so you can use it in a vise on a mill and set your part up that is wider than the thickness of the angle and the angle doesn't slide while you are trying to set your part.

Anyone that has used an angle block to set up a part in a vise knows what I mean. If it doesn't have the notch out you almost need three hands to set a part. It is a very useful tool for a machinist.

And if you have two in the box, the other is most likely a 45 degree angle.

 

[Old Man Roger]

So no ones gonna ask about the picture on the table?

Ok, I think I see it now. Looks like a little kid hugging a dog?

 

[whateg01]

The piece of aluminum shown to the right of the part being drilled is made that way, but with angles on both edges. The other edge has a similar notch at a different angle and is currently being used to register multiple parts in the same place so I don't have to indicate each. This was made to sit on the bed of the vise and the part rested in the notch.

Dave

 

[Idlem]

Mouse pad with a picture of my daughter with her Bloodhound.

 

[Old Man Roger]

Mouse pad with a picture of my daughter with her Bloodhound.

AAHH!! OK! I thought it was a picture that was clear coated over.