Shopsmith, Inc.

Charles J Haas

John G Legler

Robert L Bartlett

Michael J Duwell

Garry W Woods

John Henry Stolzenberg

John O Clark

Dale Timman

A saw fence having an elongate fence member, a lock-back attached to an end of the fence member for engaging a side rail of a saw table, a base member attached to an opposite end of the fence member and adapted to engage a side rail of a saw table. The base member includes a housing having a transverse channel to receive a side rail of a saw table, a hook member pivotally attached to the base member having a tongue portion which extends downwardly and inwardly from the base member, and a bolt threaded into the base member for pivotally displacing the hook member inwardly to engage a side rail in a locked position, or outwardly to disengage a side rail in a release position.

Saw fence

Support frame for a power tool

A workpiece support system for a power tool, preferably a multipurpose woodworking tool of the type having a frame, a main table mounted on the frame, and a power-driven tool member associated with the main table. The support system comprises a first pair of tubular rails attached to longitudinal sides of the main table, a pair of extension rods telescoping within the rails, an auxiliary table having a second pair of rails attached thereto which telescope over and are supported by the protruding portions of the rods. The support system includes capstan screws for releasably locking the extension rods to the pairs of rails. The system may include at least one secondary table mounted on the frame and having a third pair of rails telescoping over ends of the protruding portions and including similar locking means. Another embodiment includes a side frame for supporting long workpieces. The combination of the main table, auxiliary table and secondary table provides a rigid, level and adjustable workpiece supporting surface.

Workpiece support system for a power tool

Headstock for a multipurpose woodworking tool

A multipurpose woodworking tool of the type having a frame, a pair of parallel way tubes extending longitudinally of the frame, and a headstock mounted on the way tubes in which the improvement comprises a pair of yokes joining the way tubes together at ends thereof, pairs of upright members at the ends of the frame and spaced apart to receive one of the yokes therebetween, and an apparatus extending between the yokes and the upright members which enables the way tubes to be changed in elevation between a lower elevation optimal for utilizing a table saw attachment mounted on the way tubes and a higher elevation optimal for utilizing a lathe attachment. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes spring-loaded pins which are sidewardly displaceable from the yokes, and holes positioned at at least two elevations on the upright members to be engaged by the pins. In another embodiment the apparatus is in the form of a pair of rods which are inserted through pairs of holes formed in the support legs and upright members at the desired elevations. In a third embodiment, the apparatus includes a pair of pins fixed to the support legs and positioned to slide in a vertical direction in slots formed in the upright members. Lever arms having notches corresponding to the desired elevations are positioned in the upright members to be engaged by and to support the pins. In each embodiment, the yokes can be disengaged from their respective members so that the way tubes may be pivoted to a vertical position.

Headstock elevating apparatus

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Middletown, OH, United States of America

Charles J Haas