Yet Another "What is it?" Thread...

[ihateminimumwage]

Found these in a box of machinist tools I've been dragging around for almost 10 years now.

I can tell it's some sort of thickness gauge, but does anyone have any idea what for?

And this I have no clue outside of some form of heavy duty right angle flathead screwdriver?

If you have any insight, feel free to let me know. Thanks in advance!

 

[HIGHSTRESSLOAD]

The screwdriver looks like it's for tooling set up, like for presses.

 

[cvairwerks]

Item 1 is a sheet thickness gauge.

Item 2 is what I would call a close quaters flat screw driver.

 

[MushCreek]

Yes, the first one is a snap gauge or thickness gauge. They are used for production measuring where you use it all day long.

 

[lazer50]

The indicator i think would be for variations in thickness.

 

[jallyn]

Very nice vintage tools. Borletti...is that made in Italy? Spain? And what is the throat opening or max. opening?

 

[ihateminimumwage]

All of that makes sense. They were in a box full of taps, dies, reamers, a hand drill, tin snips, sheet metal clamps, etc. I was told the guy who'd owned them had been in the Air Force in WWII (I still have the PLOMB WF-8 S ratchet), but don't know what he did after that. Government tooling would explain the "NonRpl" on the screwdriver though.

Very nice vintage tools. Borletti...is that made in Italy? Spain? And what is the throat opening or max. opening?

It doesn't say the COO anywhere I can see, and it appears to max out a bit over 5mm.