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273871 | Dan Beck <drumsandbacon@g...> | 2021‑06‑05 | What is this wood screw vise thingy |
Does anyone have any idea what this this is: Perhaps a jig or aid of some sort? -- I'm a simple man. I like pretty dark-haired women and breakfast food. |
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273875 | Chuck Taylor | 2021‑06‑05 | Re: What is this wood screw vise thingy |
Dan, you wrote: > Does anyone have any idea what this this is: Looks like a miter jack for shooting miters. Chuck Taylor north of Seattle USA |
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273884 | Richard Wilson <yorkshireman@y...> | 2021‑06‑06 | Re: What is this wood screw vise thingy |
Dan asks… > Does anyone have any idea what this this is: It’s a donkey’s ear. I have a near identical one under a bench awaiting a bit of fettling of the joint between the screw and the moveable jaw. Seems to be missing summat.. I wonderd if it was made up for a particular case, but the (apparent) 45 degree slope of the threaded jaw is pretty conclusive to my mind. The 2 witness holes t screws? on the right show where the fixed jaw would have been, and I cannot account for the absence of the face slope of the moving jaw. Either a made up (sacrificial) part now lost, or it split and was discarded, or, as I hinted, someone had a need for something special and adapted it. Richard Wilson Now reminded of ‘yet another’ bit of fettling and selling off needed. > On 5 Jun 2021, at 22:21, Dan Beck |
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273886 | Chuck Taylor | 2021‑06‑06 | Re: What is this wood screw vise thingy |
Dan and other Gentle Galoots, I hate to disagree with my esteemed colleagues, but according to Salaman's Dictionary of Woodworking Tools, the following picture shows a donkey's ear, more precisely "Donkey's Ear Shooting Board", used for "planing a mitre in the thickness of a board (e.g. along its edge rather than across its end." This is one I made recently just for the fun of it. https://vault.myvzw.com/webcs/C0N4aKRC8C Next is a picture of what Salaman calls a "Mitre Shooting Block" or "Mitre Jack", made by our own Adam Maxwell: https://maxwells.smugmug.com/Woodworking/Poplar-bookcase/i-rN9XJ6h/A Salaman says that "In use the workpiece, which has been sawn to a mitre, is cramped between the triangular blocks, and the joint trued with the Plane." Translations: "Mitre" == "Miter" and "cramped" == "clamped". Cheers, Chuck Taylor north of Seattle USA === Dan asks… > Does anyone have any idea what this this is: It’s a donkey’s ear. |
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273887 | Bill Ghio | 2021‑06‑06 | Re: What is this wood screw vise thingy |
> On Jun 6, 2021, at 12:54 PM, Chuck Taylor via groups.io |
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273890 | Richard Wilson <yorkshireman@y...> | 2021‑06‑07 | Re: What is this wood screw vise thingy |
When you say ‘esteemed colleagues’ I think you mean me! and I’m very happy to be corrected. I just always knew the device as a donkeys ear. Apologies for leading anyone astray. A Mitre Jack eh? - doesn’t have the same ring to it, but hey ho. Thanks Chuck. Richard Wilson ill educated galoot on the eastern shores of Northumberland > On 6 Jun 2021, at 17:54, Chuck Taylor via groups.io |
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273891 | Dan Beck <drumsandbacon@g...> | 2021‑06‑09 | Re: What is this wood screw vise thingy |
Thank you, one and all, who responded. I truly appreciate the help. I thought it might be a mitre jack (with some missing pieces) but I was not at all sure. I think I will attempt to replace what is missing and make this functional again. I'm not sure how much I will use it, but I have a soft spot for jigs and shop aids, esp those with wooden screws. -- I'm a simple man. I like pretty dark-haired women and breakfast food. |
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