tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11934331.post3996879507826901706..comments2023-10-20T09:40:49.579-04:00Comments on On Location With Rick Lee: Mystery #78Rick Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03701456793164649060noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11934331.post-90798201100192847872007-07-29T20:39:00.000-04:002007-07-29T20:39:00.000-04:00Ha! Page the detective has cracked the case. It's ...Ha! Page the detective has cracked the case. It's a super-accurate measuring device which is used to build computer models of existing parts. Such as seen <A HREF="http://www.renishaw.com" REL="nofollow">here</A>.Rick Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03701456793164649060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11934331.post-65112735455253142202007-07-29T18:44:00.000-04:002007-07-29T18:44:00.000-04:00It's a Zeiss tungsten carbide shaft with ruby sphe...It's a Zeiss tungsten carbide shaft with ruby sphere..... which is the stylus part of Coordinate Measuring Machine CMM used in the machine tool industry to take very accurate measurements. Thanks for the clues, Toby!Page D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00515491666533099562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11934331.post-53258663939725808762007-07-29T13:59:00.000-04:002007-07-29T13:59:00.000-04:00I'm going to go with fondue forks, just because th...I'm going to go with fondue forks, just because <A HREF="http://rickleephoto.blogspot.com/2006/06/mystery-72.html" REL="nofollow">that answer</A> served me well in the past. That and despite searching for things like "glass bead," "ruby," and "metal shaft," I was unable to get anything closely resembling that.Tobyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04576302551728970387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11934331.post-72344466195226261222007-07-29T12:56:00.000-04:002007-07-29T12:56:00.000-04:00It's a ruby, but you're still cold.It's a ruby, but you're still cold.Rick Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03701456793164649060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11934331.post-57173116587165054082007-07-29T12:43:00.000-04:002007-07-29T12:43:00.000-04:00laser cutting device?laser cutting device?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10405075512499048070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11934331.post-60749850413373432272007-07-29T12:20:00.000-04:002007-07-29T12:20:00.000-04:00I think it's a ruby, and it rides in that groove. ...I think it's a ruby, and it rides in that groove. It looks like those jewels that are in watches. Something to do with time?horrocks_jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04455791997931294845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11934331.post-52429658276746892222007-07-29T11:45:00.000-04:002007-07-29T11:45:00.000-04:00It looks like a glass bead having a hole put in it...It looks like a glass bead having a hole put in it.Russell Clarvoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15121232028815696832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11934331.post-13903984714195742512007-07-29T11:24:00.000-04:002007-07-29T11:24:00.000-04:00Think small.Think small.Rick Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03701456793164649060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11934331.post-30637876965290636592007-07-29T11:05:00.000-04:002007-07-29T11:05:00.000-04:00I'm having trouble getting the size of the object ...I'm having trouble getting the size of the object in question. The shaft seems rather long and thn for this to be some sort of router bit, but that's the way I'm leaning.Peter Hohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06916196998855947137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11934331.post-29922400535637242302007-07-29T10:50:00.000-04:002007-07-29T10:50:00.000-04:00It's something that people who work in certain ind...It's something that people who work in certain industries would probably recognize, but I have to confess that the average person would not.Rick Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03701456793164649060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11934331.post-55284086315685665942007-07-29T09:48:00.000-04:002007-07-29T09:48:00.000-04:00Is it a drill press guide?Is it a drill press guide?T Migratorioushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18127495420610647854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11934331.post-21009529376077317152007-07-29T09:14:00.000-04:002007-07-29T09:14:00.000-04:00I haven't a clue.I haven't a clue.kenjuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342414519714356343noreply@blogger.com