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Gauge end pins/blades. |
The adjustable pins on the side of the gauge were designed to
be used in mortise and tenon woodwork. The combination of rosewood,
steel and brass gives this gauge a most pleasing look. These
gauges are often missing one or more of the marking pins on
the end and may be missing the adjusting screw on the rosewood
body. The threaded hole may be stripped because of over-tightening
of the thumbscrew.
There is no evidence that Williams ever produced or sold this
gauge before its retail production run by the Stanley Rule and
Level Company. It was only manufactured from 1859 to 1879 and
designated model # 90.
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Patent date and stamp. |
Boldly
and crisply marked with the correct patent date, name and
the Stanley trademark, this particular gauge includes the
eagle in the trademark, placing it from the earliest years
of manufacture. It was probably used for only the first five
years of availability. This gauge is not marked with # 90
anywhere on the body. The company sometimes followed the practice
of reusing a model number and, by 1900, the number 90 was
reissued on another all-metal marking gauge.
D.S. Orr
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