The Point Micrometer

[Dave Hughes]

The Printing Stewards highlight this increasingly rare type-caster's tool:

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I have one acquired through Alan Waring in 2007 when Theo Rehak was trying to keep the lights on at the Dale Guild by selling books, extra tools, and equipment (and type).

point micrometer

Browne and Sharpe also made a small  paper thickness micrometer