What is this and what is it used for

[AnalogKid2DigitalMan]

Goin back to the future Doc?

-AK2DM

[altenbach]

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@AnalogKid2DigitalMan wrote:

Goin back to the future Doc?

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Does not quite look like DeLorean parts.

[Ben]

What is it?

My buddies LS-3 crate engine along with its transmision which will be installed in a 1985 Comero.

For the time being it big complication to attempts to move around in my garage.

Ben

[BowenM]

My manager just retired and gave me this before leaving.  I had to look up the patents to figure out what it was.

Hard to tell from the picture but it is only about 2" long, 1/2" wide and maybe 1.5" tall.

[Ben]

Guessing now...

Testing paper tape either paper tape used in paper tape readers or stock tickers?

I will not look up the patent. It will be more fun that way.

Ben

[BowenM]

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@Ben wrote:

Guessing now...

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Not even close!  

Hint:

Spoiler

I work in a mechanical lab

Edit:  By the way, I messed with the thing for a solid 20 min before I gave up and searched the patent 🙂  I got... close ish.

[Ben]

Since Tinus Olsen gear is used to measure strenths of materials and there lloks like small grooves on rollers on the end...

Stiffness of wire?

Ben

[crossrulz]

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Ben wrote:

Stiffness of wire?

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Ben is getting "warmer".

Yes, I looked up the patents because I had no clue at all.

[Henrik_Volkers]

It's for mechanical testing,,,

you have a fine length measurement, little tip

a big knob to adjust a spring load? To a blade?

a lifting part at the side for loading.

some guiding wheels? Something  (bar) long zylindrical can be pushed through. hight is adjustable...

You dismantel a wire from isolation and have a wire (diameter) gage ? No ...

Hardness testing??

Nice part 😄

[Ben]

I will stop guessing for now and let others take a turn.

Ben