I recently came across this thing, which I can't figure out what it is or what it's for. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
I recently came across this thing, which I can't figure out what it is or what it's for. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
Looks like a Stanley 49 depth gauge - threads onto a Jennings type bit to get repeatable depth holes. Nice if you're drilling out large mortises before the chisel work.
If you can keep the lead screw engaged, I usually just count turns from when the flutes start cutting - accurate enough for most tasks. Of course, I don't have a bit gauge, so maybe I'm really missing something.
Last edited by Jessica Pierce-LaRose; 07-26-2014 at 3:26 PM.
" Be willing to make mistakes in your basements, garages, apartments and palaces. I have made many. Your first attempts may be poor. They will not be futile. " - M.S. Bickford, Mouldings In Practice
Yup, clamps around an auger bit when used in a brace. It's a depth stop.
Jim
Ancora Yacht Service
Oh . . . where did you find that ? ? ? ?
Your back yard probably.
It keeps my anti gravity stabilizer stable.
Must have fallen off my space ship one night when I was buzzing your part of the Earth.
I have been treacherously unstable ever since.
Dammed nuisance.
Can I have it back ?
PS:Yah, yah people use them for that too but I mean originally.clamps around an auger bit when used in a brace. It's a depth stop.
They are stabilizer stabilizers.
Look in about any interstellar space cruiser . . . you will find it right next to the Kanuter valve regulator calibrator.
Last edited by Winton Applegate; 07-26-2014 at 11:21 PM.
Sharpening is Facetating.Good enough is good enoughButBetter is Better.
Winton, you have been watchin' too much TV, or you're in the sauce.
Bill
On the other hand, I still have five fingers.
You guys are amazing. Thank you very much.
Now I gotta go gas up the space ship. I was wondering why my anti grav was acting up.......
Why is it that I find Herr Applegate cogent?
I understand him, immediately.
The item in question is actually a Fraunipulator, from which the stabilizer stabilizing mechanism was derived.
It's an easy enough mistake to make, not that I've ever done so.
I use a towel on my Hyperdrive, instead.
It's warm by the time I get to my destination.
The towel, I mean.
Not the destination.
Or the Hyperdrive, neither.
There's nothing worth watching on TV . . . I checked.Winton, you have been watchin' too much TV, or you're in the sauce.
Naw I don't drink much . . . one martini every month or so . . . I will have a glass of wine with the steak tonight but that is even more rare.
I am kind of addicted to flying the ship though.
Queenmasteroftheuniverseandbabybunnytrainer says I need to spend less time doing that and do more around the house. So today I am staying on the ground and talking to you guys from the couch. That ought to fulfill her request . . . don't you think ?
Sharpening is Facetating.Good enough is good enoughButBetter is Better.