MARKING GAGE, KREHLIK PATENT, COMBO GAGE AND COMPASS

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MARKING GAGE, KREHLIK PATENT, COMBO GAGE AND COMPASS

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Sold Date: 04/02/2008
Channel: Online Auction
Source: eBay
Category: Tools

MARKING GAGE, KREHLIK PATENT, COMBO GAGE AND COMPASS

This is a marking gage that was patented by Albert Krehlik of Newburg City, OH on Dec 22, 1908 #907612. It is a combination marking gage and scriber or compass. The aluminum head is moved along the bar by an ingenious set of finger operated clamps that release or hold the head tight to the bar. The bar is steel, 7" long and has a circular notched scribing head on it. Attached to the head is a compass point attached by a wing nut. The only marks on the gage are "PAT'D 1908" inscribed on the finger clamps. During normal use as a gage the compass point is kept tucked in and the gage works as you would expect. To use the compass the head is released and the bar removed. A normal pencil is then inserted w the bar used to be and presto you have a compass. I suspect that very few carpenters needed , wanted or used this feature. Maybe that is why this gage was never a success.

These Rube Goldberg type of tools are the ones I like. The ones that are so "far out" that you wonder, what was this person thinking. Did he actually believe this tool was going to be a best seller. Anyway this gage is very scarce. Apparently Milton Bacheller had no example to include in his American Marking Gage book. The condition of this gage is good and it is complete and operational. Unusual, good condition, complex and scarce, a nice combination for an antique tool.

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