Not so much a what is it, but a how is it used.


SEP 507 by skipskip, on Flickr


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....