Not so much a what is it, but a how is it used.
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I know who Ames is, and I know what a gauge mount might do, but how does this one work?
Skip
Kind of looks like the old magnets we played with when I was a kid.
Mike
Ames made a variety of dial gauges, I guess as some of them have steel or cast iron frames, this could be used to hold them in a vertical plane, e.g on a surface plate or part of a machine...
Seen similar magnetic base to hold height gauge to a surface plate, but I haven't seen one like yours.
no threaded holes to hold dial indicator rods?
Quote from: oldtools on September 30, 2012, 05:26:58 PM
no threaded holes to hold dial indicator rods?
nope, just a plain horseshoe magnet about 4 1/2 inches long
It looks like a Ford Model T magneto magnet. I have several with the Ford logo on them.
EvilDr235
> Model T magneto magnet
I thought it looked familiar....
They show up at the flea every once in a while...
Probably available cheap, all you need to fasten a guage to it is a bolt through the V end with a washer and nut on each end....