Hello Herbert, i'm interested in computing devices and i follow this mailing list just for planimeters, integraphs and splines. Then this item was out of my...
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Herbert Gold
herb_gold
Sep 6, 2010 8:41 pm
Andrea, Thank you so much for your reply. We both collect similar objects although my interests expand to microscopes and surveying instruments as well. When I...
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Richard M. Pisko
canenemee
Sep 7, 2010 4:17 am
On Sat, 28 Aug 2010 00:30:44 -0600, planimetrica <planimetrica@...> ... Thank you. There are a lot on hits on the surveying of New Brunswick, and some...
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planimetrica
Sep 11, 2010 5:07 pm
Hi Richard, I was referring to Google's online digitised book repository, where millions of books have been digitised, and therefore an excellent source for...
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Richard M. Pisko
canenemee
Sep 18, 2010 3:53 am
On Sat, 11 Sep 2010 11:07:37 -0600, planimetrica <planimetrica@...> ... Thank you, that's the best image I've found (about thirty from the back cover) to...
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collectingken
Sep 21, 2010 3:27 am
A set that was advertised as being an 1880's Harling set sold on eBay today for $312. You can see the auction here:...
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rpilla001
Sep 21, 2010 1:57 pm
Ken, First impression screams Japanese knock off of the English pattern. My TAKEDA MR set likewise has the identical number of instruments. Both the curve line...
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collectingken
Sep 22, 2010 1:37 am
Robert, You are probably right about the seller. I do feel sorry for the buyer though. If this set was advertised correctly as a post WWII Japanese set it...
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planimetrica
Sep 22, 2010 9:15 am
I've just posted 2 pictures of a recent acquistion, an elliptical compass. Velvet lined morroco case with a red silk(?) lined lid, all in remarkable condition....
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rpilla001
Sep 22, 2010 11:37 am
John, Amazing little compass. Does it appear the gears can be replaced? Changing the gear ratio will change the shape of the volute. I have a compass which...
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planimetrica
Sep 22, 2010 7:14 pm
Robert, Yes, I see an empty space in your volute compass case. Fantastic little instrument. Who made yours, it looks English? In my case there are no empty...
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robert pilla
rpilla001
Sep 22, 2010 8:15 pm
John, I have uploaded a new photo of my Volute compass. It has no manufactures name, but I suspect it is British. I have delineated the case and parts for a...
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collectingken
Sep 22, 2010 8:27 pm
Robert, I'm not going to be a huge amount of help since I have never been so fortunate as to find a spiral compass, but I am sure that one of my catalogs has...
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StephenW
stevew_1948
Sep 23, 2010 1:54 pm
First post I bought a Keuffel & Esser Paragon Drafting Machine on ebay, but it came without the scales. I believe I need p/n KE1376T-1 and p/n KE1375-1. Can...
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collectingken
Sep 24, 2010 12:31 am
Hi Steve, Welcome to the group. Your best bet is probably searching eBay for these items. These drafting machine scales are fairly standardized so you could...
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Steve Wilson
stevew_1948
Sep 24, 2010 2:26 am
Thanks, This is all new to me. I am not doing anything complex, just drawing up wiring diagrams for an old car I am rewiring to a modern standard. Somebody...
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toolmaker48
Sep 24, 2010 3:47 am
Hi Steve, In addition to Ken's suggestion, you might try a web search under 'drafting supplies' You may find a supplier locally that has a larger selection....
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David
weymouthdavid
Sep 26, 2010 9:29 pm
Ken, Robert, I agree. This set was never made by Harling, not even the marked pens. No English made pens had tops to the ivory handles that unscrewed to reveal...
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ronbo717
Sep 27, 2010 2:30 am
I just picked up a small compass at an estate sale that is marked Henschel and Germany. It does not appear very old, but I've never run into this name before....
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Traci Kesler
cutie_scootie
Sep 27, 2010 4:18 pm
I'm hoping no one has ever posted about this as it didn't turn up in the search. I have searched and searched for 2 days about this, PLEASE HELP! I have a...
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planimetrica
Sep 27, 2010 5:15 pm
Traci, This is possibly Moore & Wright, founded in 1906, and known to have made calipers, gauges, and the like. They are still in business, but now a part of...
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rpilla001
Sep 27, 2010 5:29 pm
Ken, I just saw the image of the spiral compass you had posted. It is indeed very similar to mine. The delineator could have been creative or not had the...
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John MacDonald
macdonjm
Sep 27, 2010 6:13 pm
Hi Traci, I've searched through various Moore & Wright catalogues and can find no reference to them ever producing boxwood rules - they tended to stick to...
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patentdorf
Sep 27, 2010 7:00 pm
I believe that your rule was sold by Montgomery, Ward & Co., the large mail order house. MW&Co was one of their ways of marking the rules they sold. They were...
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Traci Kesler
cutie_scootie
Sep 27, 2010 7:42 pm
Phil, I've tried to research Montgomery Ward & Co and came up empty handed. No where on the internet does it list Mw&Co as Ward's stamp or trade mark. And No...
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David
weymouthdavid
Sep 27, 2010 9:51 pm
I can confirm that it is extremely unlikely that it was sold or made by Moore & Wright. They specialised in tools for precision engineering although they did...
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patentdorf
Sep 27, 2010 11:33 pm
Traci - It was a common practice in the 19th/early 20th century for wholesalers to buy unmarked rules and resell them under their own name. Sears, Montgomery...
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T K
cutie_scootie
Sep 27, 2010 11:43 pm
Thank you Phil & to all of you who researched this for me. I can now stop obsessing about it lol. I do have an unusual level to research but I'll save that for...
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collectingken
Sep 28, 2010 12:52 am
Robert, It's possible that this is a later version. It definitely appears to be of the same design as yours is. I have been trying to limit myself to complete...
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Stephen
tranter54bore
Oct 11, 2010 7:27 pm
Hi, I have been an avid collector of Kern drawing instruments for some years but I am having difficulty in identifying the model numbers of many of my...
