| US Patent: 77,652 
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| Improvement in Gages for Weather-Boarding | 
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| Patentee: |  |
 | Hiram Preston (exact or similar names) - Orfordville, WI |  
 
 
 
 
 
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| Granted: | May 05, 1868 |  
 
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| Description: |  | This is a very clever claboard gage that uses a pair of springs to hold the tool in place, and provides an auxilliary fence for marking the clapboards for cutting. |  |