Thread: Anyone know what this is?

Hi SD. I am guessing maybe a planing stop for a bench. Wings screwed to the under side, and threaded rod with handle allows you to wind it up and down?

I think Mountain is right

I’m with Ma, an Paige.

But some measurements would help with scale.
Is the stop Aluminium ?.

Cheers Matt.

Looks like that to me.

I thought about it being some type of inset vise but the teeth threw me off. And the height of the vertical jaw seems to be higher than needed.

Dog / planing stop.

planing stop with teeth - Google Search

here's a photo of a catalogue item about the time this was made

Mounts vertically on to the bench, see above images

(teeth are parallel to the benchtop, screw is at 90° to the benchtop)

I think the height, which seems more than required at first glance, is to allow for thick benchtops. A thin benchtop would need to be packed out to allow the dog to be fully retracted. Also a shallow recess in the top of the bench is required for the toothed foot to be fully retracted.

Regards
Paul

ya that all makes sense. I was looking at it 90 degree off.

Question is, what are you going to do with it now?

Build a bench to fit it....

Originally Posted by Mountain Ash

Question is, what are you going to do with it now?

It's going to be included in a sale I'm putting together. I have 2 100+ year old joiners toolboxes am in the midst of restoring and going to off load, stuffed with a bunch of old tools I've accumulated over the past 40 odd years. Something in the head says it's time to cull the herd...