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Guys, I've seen one of these long measuring tools in a machine shop, but have never seen it used or used one myself. It was in the back of the tool store wrapped in grease paper with it's own neat box. The only thing that I can think that it would be used for is for measuring a large casting on a face plate, like a height gauge or measuring the distance between pins in holes machined into a casting. Another possible use could be in the measuring of timing marks on large steam engine linkages or on diesel engine timing gears when a trammel gauge is not available. Just my thoughts. Geoffrey.