Hi, John. Happy New Year, hoping you can help. I’ve had this “stuff” sitting in a box for years, have no idea whether it even all goes together, but would love to know what it is (or was, or was supposed to be but parts are missing). The rod reminds me of an old Delta miter gauge I used to have. Everything else except what looks like a miter bar is a mystery. Here are the pictures:
The knurled thing seems to fit over the knob on the gizmo below it:
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This seems to be a microadjuster of sorts. It is indexed on the right hand side, at the base of the chrome knob.
This has a miter-bar sized slot in the bottom (see final pic):
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Ever seen anything like it? I know it isn’t super-special, but I just can’t seem to throw these things away until I know what’s what!
forestgirl — you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can’t take the forest out of the girl 😉
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Hi Forestgirl,
The rod assembly on the left does look like a stop rod for a miter gauge, if the paint is dark blue, which it seems to be, it is probably from from a pre WWII Craftsman tilting table saw. If you wanted to sell it, let me know, I have a soft spot for those saws.
I think I know what the slotted casting with the knurled knob is, (some days my store of mechanical trivia amazes me). The "T" slot on the end slipped over the front rail of a small benchtop saw, the miter gauge sized slot was lined up with the saw's miter slot, to give you a more room to back up the miter gauge and for sawing something wider than 6" or so. The long bar looks like the front fence bar from one of those small saws.
If the third mystery object has a 1/4" collet on one end it is a sharpening jig for router bits. It should also have a short piece of flat stock, that would fit into the groove in the jig's base, that the jig could slide back and forth on. This flat bar was attached to the bottom plate of the router itself, in line with the router's collet, and you chucked a small cup grinding wheel in the router.
The bit was chucked in the piece you have and then was slid forward, guided by the bar, over the spinning cup wheel to sharpen the bit. The various knobs and adjustments allowed you to rotate and index the bit to get an even grind on all of the flutes. The amount being ground off was set by the height of the grinding wheel which needed to be finely adjusted to remove just a tiny amount of metal off of the bit. This jig could only be used for bits that had straight cutting edges, but this included vee and dovetail bits in addition to straight bits.
I'd be interested in buying any of the pieces, just for the fun of playing with them and possibly matching them up to their original tools. Let me know if you are interested in selling them now that you know what they are.
John W.
Edited 1/8/2007 3:30 pm ET by JohnWW
Hi, John. Wow! You really came through on this "stuff"!! I'm going out to see if any of the missing parts might be in the shop, but I'm doubtful. I'd love for these to go to a good home, and you're nominated. I'll drop you an email. Thanks!forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)
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