Trying to determine who made these calipees
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four.cycle
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^ pretty tough without a herald mark on them. there were all sorts of "no name" calipers sold through hardware wholesalers:
1890 Pritzlaff Hardware Co. catalog Caliper ad pp 155
The big players were Starrett, Stevens and Fay originally, but there were several others as well.
1890 Pritzlaff Hardware Co. catalog Caliper ad pp 155
The big players were Starrett, Stevens and Fay originally, but there were several others as well.
I was wondering if the stamped "L" was possibly for Lufkin? Just a wild Guess.
LtF
RTM
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Those would be considered 20” firm joint calipers. That size was not super common. You might get some clues in looking at the shape of the joint fastener.
I saw your L as a mis stamped D.
Lufkin was good at putting their full name. Your L could be a user iD.
In my Firm joints, I have a B&S, 2 Starrett, 2 Union, 1 Coastbilt, 1 Hessenbuch, 1 unmarked, 1 Meigs Powell. I will give a glance at the joints later, see if any are close.
I saw your L as a mis stamped D.
Lufkin was good at putting their full name. Your L could be a user iD.
In my Firm joints, I have a B&S, 2 Starrett, 2 Union, 1 Coastbilt, 1 Hessenbuch, 1 unmarked, 1 Meigs Powell. I will give a glance at the joints later, see if any are close.