Shopsmith, Inc.

Shopsmsith, Inc.

Garry W Woods

John G Legler

Edward A Irelan

Robert L Bartlett

Harold E Folkerth

Charles J Haas

John O Clark

Dale A Timman

Rip fence for a table saw

A miter gage having an adjustable workpiece clamp. The miter gage is of the type having a bar shaped to slidably engage a guideway of a tool work table, a protractor mounted on the bar and a grip mounted on the protractor. The clamping device includes a lock guide having a base adapted to be attached to the grip, a longitudinally-extending, vertical opening and a pair of opposing side walls; a U-shaped lock clamp having a sidewardly-opening channel receiving the lock guide and including a vertical bore positioned in registry with the lock guide opening, a lock rod extending vertically through the bore and opening and a lock knob having a stud which is threaded through the side of the lock clamp to bear against an adjacent sidewall of the lock guide. Displacement of the threaded stud relative to the lock clamp urges the lock guide sidewardly out of the channel and causes the lock rod to be urged against the lock guide, thereby preventing its relative movement. By selectively loosening or tightening the threaded stud against the sidewall of the lock guide, the lock rod may be alternately locked in position or released for vertical movement to an appropriate height above the associated work table to accommodate a particular workpiece.

Miter gage

Saw table

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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Dayton, OH, United States of America

Garry W Woods