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2. L. S. Starrett Company - Wikipedia

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   In 1890, L.S. Starrett patented a micrometer with other improvements, transforming the rough version of this tool into a modern micrometer. [5] During the same year Starrett began making and refining saw blades, and continues to be a major manufacturer as of 2015. [citation needed] In 1895 Starrett patented the divider with trammel. [6]

3. Brown & Sharpe - Wikipedia

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   Brown & Sharpe is a division of Hexagon AB, a Swedish multinational corporation focused mainly on metrological tools and technology. During the 19th and 20th centuries, Brown & Sharpe was one of the best-known and most influential machine tool builders and was a leading manufacturer of instruments for machinists (such as micrometers and indicators).

4. Combination square - Wikipedia

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   Though some earlier 19th century tools were called combination squares, the modern combination square was invented in the late 1870s by American inventor Laroy S. Starrett, and patented in 1879. [note 1] [8] In 1880 he founded the L. S. Starrett Company in Athol, Massachusetts, United States. The tool was originally designed for machinists, but ...

5. Micrometer (device) - Wikipedia

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   Tube micrometers have a cylindrical anvil positioned perpendicularly to a spindle and is used to measure the thickness of tubes. Micrometer stops are micrometer heads that are mounted on the table of a manual milling machine, bedways of a lathe, or other machine tool, in place of simple stops. They help the operator to position the table or ...

6. Lufkin (brand) - Wikipedia

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   Early Lufkin logo. The company was founded by Edward Taylor Lufkin, an American Civil War veteran of the Sixtieth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry [1] in Cleveland, Ohio, 1869 [2] and was originally named E.T. Lufkin Board and Log Rule Manufacturing Company.

7. Gauge (instrument) - Wikipedia

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   Micrometers are often, but not always, in the form of calipers. Profile gauge or contour gauge a tool for recording the cross-sectional shape of a surface. Radius gauge, also known as a fillet gauge a tool used to measure the radius of an object. Radius gauges require a bright light behind the object to be measured.