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E Kinney E Kinney is offline
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Default so I bought something I can't use - anyone want it/trade/??? comparator



How much would you you want to sell it for?


"William Noble" wrote in message
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| the range is + - .003 full scale - I'll send you a photo separately to it
| doesn't clutter the NG.
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| "Steve Walker" wrote in message
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| William Noble wrote:
| at a swap meet, there was this large lonley looking machine thingie in
a
| big box, so I bought it and dragged it home - found a manual in the box
| explaining that it is a Prat & Whitney Sigmatic vertical mechanical
| comparator - looks like it will clean up and be fine, but I haven't
| lifted it out of the car yet (hurt back, need to wait a few more days).
| Now that I know what it is, I am quite sure I'll never need it, though
I
| suppose I could put the anvil aside to use for some purpose - I'd
rather
| see this find a good home - will trade for something I can use, or of
| course cold hard cash - it's heavy, and in the Los Angeles area - if
you
| want it, contact me using the instructions below. If you want to talk
| about the foolishness of buying yet another tool to "find out what it
is,
| really", then have at it on the list - I'm sure we can all add our
| valuable input. This thing was certainly NOT CHEAP at one time - it's
a
| lot cheaper now....
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| What does the scale read? I used to repair hundreds of these things for
| the Chrysler transmission plant in Kokomo.
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