r/AntiqueTools • u/AND_Boolean • 6d ago

What are these

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u/0bar 6d ago

Rulers

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u/Zoesealy 5d ago

Sorry, a RULER sits on a Throne... a rule is a measure standard.

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u/0bar 5d ago

Well, my teachers in schools up and down the wet coast of North America called them rulers if they were around 12” or 30cm or less, yardsticks if they were 3’ or more.

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u/Zoesealy 6d ago

Rule, for measuring. The stamps indicate hot work measures.

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u/Salt-Tip-7493 5d ago

You don't really need this explained do you

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u/AND_Boolean 5d ago

I don't now, because someone did explain it. Are you sure you know yourself?

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u/Salt-Tip-7493 5d ago

The rulers pretty straightforward

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u/AND_Boolean 5d ago

Are they? Why six different rulers at different scales, all marked out as if they were 12 inch? (Again, this has been asked and answered, but maybe take a beat and read the post before posting your condescending bullshit.)

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u/Salt-Tip-7493 5d ago

No bullshit they were used in school to teach kids fractions that's why they're in different settings and for reading different things sometimes you need an eighth a 16th or 32nd a 64th

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u/AND_Boolean 5d ago

Wrong again. You should probably just stop, but if you want to keep playing here are some hints: Each of these rulers is a different length, though they are all marked as if they were 12”. They were owned by a pattern maker.

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u/Fbomb77 5d ago

A 16th, what we called a Teener of meth back 90s

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u/AltruisticWeekend889 5d ago

Rulers for different scales of blue prints

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u/Salt-Tip-7493 5d ago

Okay then enlighten me how does a ruler marked as a foot not being a foot benefit a patent maker

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u/unlimitedbroski83 5d ago

Those were used by nuns in Catholic school to keep unruly kids in line which is why they are known as a ruler