Thread: Anyone Know What This Is?

Asked at ontariotile forum and got this response.

http://www.ontariotile.com/cgi-bin/u...=000852#000000

So looks like it might have been for measuring cut tile to wall but only when the grout lines were parallel/perpendicular to the wall.

Cheers
Michael

It's a paper stretcher, used for stretching paper when there's not enough to completely wrap an object. Rather than waste paper that's slightly too short, you simple stretch it with this device.

I believe it was invented by the same guy who designed the Glass Flattener, Earnsteen Fenotin, a Swiss-born American inventor, in the late 19th Century.

In my shop, I hang both of these devices next to supply of fenotin rods and clevis pins. If you are curious, the fenotin rod is an extender for paper stretchers and is attached by means of a clevis pin.

Originally Posted by Reverend

Hello Everyone. This is my first posting and I'd like to find out if anyone knows what this tool was used for. Some you old timers out there might know. I bought on EBay and it said it was an old adjustable tile measurer. The T square is adjustable and it has the number 627 on the square and the brass body. I've been in the building trade for 40 years and I've never seen one.

Question # 1 - you bought something on EBay that you don't know what it is - are you related to my wife?

Guess # 1 - Would it be a tool that would let you scribe tiles to match a wall (as we all know no wall has ever been built square yet!)

Guess # 2 - It's that thing that you use when you do some stuff ( I think it is the deluxe model)

Mark

It's an UR lure.
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Used when trolling for Uninformative Replies.

I am pretty sure it's a squaretoit. It is a very usefull thing to have in the shed, but nowhere near as useful as a roundtoit. I have heaps of jobs that I will complete, just as soon as I get a roundtoit.

Stev

on a more sirry ass note: have you tried turning the brass bit around? Maybe it has been put on backwards & it will make more sence to you if rotated on the T square.

steve

picture framing tool?

Originally Posted by Reverend

Hello Everyone. This is my first posting and I'd like to find out if anyone knows what this tool was used for. Some you old timers out there might know. I bought on EBay and it said it was an old adjustable tile measurer. The T square is adjustable and it has the number 627 on the square and the brass body. I've been in the building trade for 40 years and I've never seen one.

I did a Google for 627 and this is what I got..you lucky son of a gun.. wonder where you get the ammo..

The Model 627 is the stainless steel version of the blue-finish Model 27, but unlike other N-frame revolvers made in both carbon steel and stainless, the 627 has never featured a barrel with the exact same profile as that found on its blue-steel predecessor. Starting in 1989 and for almost 10 years, the Model 627 featured full-lug barrels, tapered barrels and barrels with removable compensators, but none that exactly duplicated the profile of the original barrels. That process has been continued with this newest model.

I don't know what it is but she who must be obeyed said (looking over shoulder) you probably need one of those. I could be wrong but I think there was sarcasm involved.

Ita a 627 Primary Rudder control arm for a Boing 747. Its obviously fell off during take off. I have seen this happen several times over the years. Funnily enough, they were only super glued on and the glue weakened over time. Boing overcame this problem by eventually using a strip of double sided velcro.
All 627s were sold off to the Arabs as stirrups for their camels in 2001 and after many disasters with them, the government decided to sell their surplus stock off on ebay.

Gee, don't you guys know anything?