What Is It?

royalcoachman · Post by **royalcoachman** » Sun Jan 22, 2012 5:32 pm

I purchased a used Shopsmith. In the box of miscellaneous accessories is an item I don't recognize and cannot find in the SS catalog. I believe it is a SS product due to the color and finish. Let me try to describe it. My camera just quit or I have attached a photo of it.
It appears to be a press or hold down. It has a 2 5/8"x 4 1/8" flat plate mounted on a 5 1/2" x 5/8" threaded screw. The screw mounts to the plate in a loose fashion so it can pivot slightly in any direction. The handle, on the opposite end is a cast T with a ball on one end and a spinning handle on the other to turn the screw. The mount for the entire unit is a 1" square piece of steel 2 3/4" long through which the threaded screw runs through a threaded hole. This piece of steel has a turned stub on one end to mount in something. Also this piece has a piece of hardwood screwed to the plate.

Hopefully my description will strike a cord with someone out there who can tell me what this is and what it is used for. Thanks Much!

jalisciense · Post by **jalisciense** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 12:08 am

This post is useless w/o a pic.

ss50th · Post by **ss50th** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 9:22 am

jalisciense wrote:This post is useless w/o a pic.

Agreed that a picture would be helpful. However, I have never read in this forum a comment that another member's post was useless.

dusty · Post by **dusty** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 9:34 am

jalisciense wrote:This post is useless w/o a pic.

Aren't you being just a little harsh. Yes a picture would help but if there is no picture available - a verbal description is all that is left.

If someone who has one of these he/she is very likely to understand the verbal description.

SDSSmith · Post by **SDSSmith** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 12:17 pm

I will offer a guess that it is the clamping device for a power miter saw and not a Shopsmith item.

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 12:26 pm

SDSSmith wrote:I will offer a guess that it is the clamping device for a power miter saw and not a Shopsmith item.

I at first thought the crank was a 10e/er table raising crank, but the dimensions and the spinning handle did not jive.

If I envision this correctly, it could be a vise with a dog hole insert, but that did not fully make sense either. It would need additional parts.

At this point I am inclined to agree, it ain't ss produce.

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 12:27 pm

dusty wrote:Aren't you being just a little harsh. Yes a picture would help but if there is no picture available - a verbal description is all that is left.

If someone who has one of these he/she is very likely to understand the verbal description.

Like yer new icon!:)

Make that an avatar!:o

dusty · Post by **dusty** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 1:03 pm

JPG40504 wrote:Like yer new icon!:)

Thanks. I hope that everyone does. I think it says a lot about who I am these days. My entire day seems to revolve around what I do in the shop; the only regular distraction being the grand kids.

Even the avatar evolved from something one of the kids said about "my addiction" to shop time.

It originally read "I am addicted to saw dust".

wiredone · Post by **wiredone** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 1:19 pm

SDSSmith wrote:I will offer a guess that it is the clamping device for a power miter saw and not a Shopsmith item.

this is the clamp from my power miter saw that came from Lowes, some cheap house brand, (But the best one I've ever used) I know it's not the same as what was described, but if it is a clamp for a miter box, the general idea will be gotten across.

JPG · Post by **JPG** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 1:43 pm

wiredone wrote:this is the clamp from my power miter saw that came from Lowes, some cheap house brand, (But the best one I've ever used) I know it's not the same as what was described, but if it is a clamp for a miter box, the general idea will be gotten across.

I think you got it!