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This dial bore gage came from my grandfather's Harley Davidson dealership in Stamford CT. He opened it in the early 1920's, and passed away in 1955, and he also sold and serviced bicycles, outboard motors, and other small engine items. Harley changed their allocation policy, so my uncles dropped Harleys in 1955, but continued the business into the mid 1980's with mostly bicycles, lawnmowers, snow blowers and chainsaws. This was for measuring HD cylinder bores. My brother found it on the back of a shelf in the early 80's, and my grandfather's original employee (who was still working there at the time!), told him to give it to me. I've used it occasionally for bores that happen to fall in that range; a couple of years ago I had to make a go-nogo gage out of a ground steel plate. When they sent it to the calibration house, it was dead-nuts.
Here's my grandfather and Bernie, his original mechanic.
Bernie on the left, Pop on the right
And my brother has that workbench in his garage, including the vise.
Here's my grandfather and Bernie, his original mechanic.
Bernie on the left, Pop on the right
And my brother has that workbench in his garage, including the vise.