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3rd February 2012, 11:47 AM #1.
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Unused Vintage Mitutoyo
Amongst the Ebay lemons there are a few peaches. The seller's photos of the inside micrometer didn't fill me with confidence so I aked him if the discolouration was a permanent or temporary affliction. The marks were remnants of the disintergrated foam case liner. Had he removed them, he may have sold it for more than the $32 I paid.
I have been looking for a metric depth gauge since my acquisition of a metric mill. Found the one below in Bulgaria.
BT
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3rd February 2012, 11:54 AM #2.
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Great Score BT!
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3rd February 2012, 12:02 PM #3
Very nice, BT. I really like the micro finish Mits puts on their stuff. It seems just a little bit more satin to the eye and the hand. The era from which yours comes, with the script trademark, was their pinnacle I think. Mine is from the period just before, with the logo that looks like it came right off an Underwood typewriter
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3rd February 2012, 02:04 PM #4
Hi BT,
Nice to see the "flight rust" was easily wiped off...
Measuring gear is definitely an area where cosmetic appearance is important and can usually give a good indication of how well it's been looked after.
Regards
Ray
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3rd February 2012, 02:30 PM #5GOLD MEMBER
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Hi BT,
Want to swap? lol no not really.
Very nice indeed, I can see I'm going to have to increase the time I spend searching. I did pick up a great vacumm cleaner but that just doesnt seem the same.
Whats the little thumb screw on the fixed(?) jaw of the inside mic? I', sort of thinking its a locking screw but I cant see how it would work.
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3rd February 2012, 02:43 PM #6.
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It is a locking screw Stu.
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3rd February 2012, 03:00 PM #7.
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Sometimes you get caught out. I had sent the seller of this micrometer a message asking if it was adorned with any previous owner's name or the like. The answer was no. Must have thought K.SPENCER was factory engraving. The points have been driven together hence the barrel rotation. Still, for twenty bucks ....
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3rd February 2012, 04:56 PM #8
Spencer, eh? Some mothers do 'ave 'em.
I much prefer the kind of engraving done in a shaky hand with one of those vibrating things.It's all part of the service here at The House of Pain™
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He might be the reciever of stolen goods,perhaps we all might be,could be time to play it safe and turf everything and just buy from H&F.
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It does look like there are couple of number under all that hash. I think there is a 69 under there on the RHS. It reminds me of a socket and spanner set I saw at a garage sale where every component has that sort of mangled engraving on it. When I had a look underneath the tool box it had "property of the SEC" engraved on it
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3rd February 2012, 11:37 PM #12
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3rd February 2012, 11:46 PM #13GOLD MEMBER
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You first Ray, just be sure to tell me which bin you use
Stuart
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4th February 2012, 12:41 AM #14
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4th February 2012, 12:52 AM #15.
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I deleted my previous post in an attempt to make nonsense of Peter's comment suggesting that I might be a receiver of stolen goods.
I have been a member of this forum for a few years and consider that my posts have never been critical of the aspirations, attempts or achievements of others. I certainly don't need this.
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