Oh, Oh, I know, I know!!!!!!!!!
It's a rare-woodworking- vise- machine!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
But you already knew that I guess.
Well, I tried anyway!!!!
Sorry I couldn't be more help!!!!!!
It looks like some kind of bender or for making curves in something? Or perhaps for holding something that is curved or bent? I'm not sure if it is a woodworking device or not…Interesting though…
looks like an early version of a handsaw mitering devise .
run the wood in against the fence and clamp down and with hand saw in holder ,
( saw with no back to it )saw part and flip over .
do this on both sides , and you get a miter . ?
either that or it's the english equivalent ,
of the tortilla maker .
looks like it might be an earlier version of the carvers vises that they have… the ones that swivel every way imaginable… it looks like it can move around from all the knobs and things on the back…
Looks like a Miter Corner Clamp to me…
In the picture, the corner is on the other side… with the pieces going into the corner from Left & Right, then clamped down.
I agree - I think the wing/bracket/clamp/thing is probably backwards. I can't figure why you would want to clamp a miter joint with a gap. It would be simple enough to put the post somewhere that the joint could close.
I love the description: "SOMEONE THOUGHT IT WAS POSS[ibly] AMERICAN" ... oh, well that explains it!
rusty boomerang, wing-nutted to a door knocker!
ha ha ha…. door knocker of that size? ...neighbors from all corners of the house will open their doors!
It's gonna bug me till we figure it out. The "RD No 47404" makes it a British piece. The number is a "Registered Design Number" issued from the early 1880's used in the UK until the 1930's. I can't find a website to look up the number, but someone in the UK with access to their archives or patent office records might be able to find out.
I almost think it's not a woodworking tool, but for some other trade, but who knows? My thought was that it was some sort of bending device as well. But I don't think it can actually "clamp" anything down firmly enough.
I bet David has it right! saw would cut right along the edge of the base which is wood, so wouldn't damage saw, or could have been mounted to a larger base, but that would have left a telltale kerf. There are two fences at right angles, and the other piece seems to be at 45*. The part that is in the air seems like you could turn the top screw in to tighten the guide on the saw for adjusting play.
What stumps me is the mamby-pamby nature of the vertical clamp. It looks like it's only big enough to clamp 1/4 in board, but with the screws and metal stub on that part, it almost seems like that's the stationery mounting bracket.
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