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This is a bevel, a tool used for testing and setting out work-pieces to particular angles. This type of bevel was also called a 'boxing bevel', and was invariably home-made. This bevel was used by the donor's father, who was a wheelwright in Braishfield, Hampshire. It was used for trueing the axle box within the wheel hub, whilst the wheel was laid flat.

1 rim gauge, or boxing bevel: wood