D’ya know what it is yet?

[Triggermortis]

God knows where this came from and what it’s for ?
I found it in a box of junk.
I would guess it’s for clamping something in to “square off the end” of it, what ever “it” is.
It has a patent number on it so I guess it was at one time commercially available.
Triggermortis

 

[HonestJohn]

I know because I love the game - pool (and snooker) cue tipper

 

[starr shot]

Once the suggestion is made you can see how it works

 

[PMA]

I have one here somewhere !

 

[Triggermortis]

A couple more vintage bits that were with it ….

 

[Cyres]

The dial instrument is used to measure distance off a paper map.
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[Triggermortis]

Anyone on here old enough to remember having used one

 

[TringSaint]

Anyone on here old enough to remember having used one

Yes, at school and my dad has/had one

 

[Cyres]

Yes.
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[Swedish]

I know because I love the game - pool (and snooker) cue tipper

Found one here! https://www.amazon.co.uk/OKBYY-Tip-...hvtargid=pla-1634762864054&psc=1&gad_source=1

 

[Donkey Basher]

Anyone on here old enough to remember having used one

Yes - spent many hours leaning over a drawing board using one for measuring off link lengths (distance between one junction & another) to input data into strategic transport models many years ago pre CAD & GIS! About as accurate as sneezing in the wind so once you’d gone down the road you reversed it back along a true scale to measure the distance off.