What is this thing?

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[Challenge Solved] let's keep going with weird metal things (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Sewing machine foot? For some kind of deep hem?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

You're getting close! I'll give some more time for people, I do think it's unlikely anyone could name the tool exactly.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

A tucker foot for a sewing machine for creating seams.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

It is indeed! Specifically this one.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Looks like a jig you put an a saw or a router to follow a edge with a given distance.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Not the correct tool, but it is related to edges! Kinda.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Some sort of mechanism for scaling measurements up or down by a factor of two?

Edit: Nope.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

measure device thing