Hi there,
I found this height gauge on craisglist and I picked it up for 20 dollars. When I got to it, it was a lot larger than I thought it would be, its maybe about 4 ft high.
At first, the guy said he didn't think it had a scale on it, but later sent me a picture saying it did actually have a scale, it was just barely visible from afar.
I am not sure, but the style of the numbers and dividing looks like of like Starrett to me.
I could not find any brand markings, but very little is visible along the length of it.
I do see some writing where it may say "No.xx something something" but I can't make out anything else.
My question is what should I do to start the rescue of this height gauge? Of course the part that slides up and down the scale is stuck. Should I just spray it full of penetration oil every day after work till it eventually becomes loose?
After I get the entire thing apart, I will probably make some long wooden troughs lined with a garbage bag or something so I can submerge the long parts in Evaporust, which has worked awesome for me in the past.
Do you guys think this is worth having a go at? I don't really know what I am in for, have not had anything in this kind of condition before.
Here are some pictures.
Here's an overall picture.
Here is a closeup of the scale, Kind of looks like Starrett to me maybe?
Here is a super close up, it is very hard to make it out, but where I have it circled, I can sort of see some text that says "No.xxx" Maybe someone can help me figure out what number Starrett it is, if it is indeed a Starrett tool.
Another close up of the scale, and a look at the non-moving moving parts.
Would you guys have a go? Or is it way way way way past anything retrievable?
Thank you for reading!
I found this height gauge on craisglist and I picked it up for 20 dollars. When I got to it, it was a lot larger than I thought it would be, its maybe about 4 ft high.
At first, the guy said he didn't think it had a scale on it, but later sent me a picture saying it did actually have a scale, it was just barely visible from afar.
I am not sure, but the style of the numbers and dividing looks like of like Starrett to me.
I could not find any brand markings, but very little is visible along the length of it.
I do see some writing where it may say "No.xx something something" but I can't make out anything else.
My question is what should I do to start the rescue of this height gauge? Of course the part that slides up and down the scale is stuck. Should I just spray it full of penetration oil every day after work till it eventually becomes loose?
After I get the entire thing apart, I will probably make some long wooden troughs lined with a garbage bag or something so I can submerge the long parts in Evaporust, which has worked awesome for me in the past.
Do you guys think this is worth having a go at? I don't really know what I am in for, have not had anything in this kind of condition before.
Here are some pictures.
Here's an overall picture.
Here is a closeup of the scale, Kind of looks like Starrett to me maybe?
Here is a super close up, it is very hard to make it out, but where I have it circled, I can sort of see some text that says "No.xxx" Maybe someone can help me figure out what number Starrett it is, if it is indeed a Starrett tool.
Another close up of the scale, and a look at the non-moving moving parts.
Would you guys have a go? Or is it way way way way past anything retrievable?
Thank you for reading!