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Kyle Iwamoto
07-26-2014, 2:26 PM
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!

Jessica Pierce-LaRose
07-26-2014, 3:21 PM
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.

Jim Ritter
07-26-2014, 9:21 PM
Yup, clamps around an auger bit when used in a brace. It's a depth stop.
Jim

Winton Applegate
07-26-2014, 11:03 PM
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:
clamps around an auger bit when used in a brace. It's a depth stop.
Yah, yah people use them for that too but I mean originally.
They are stabilizer stabilizers.

Look in about any interstellar space cruiser . . . you will find it right next to the Kanuter valve regulator calibrator.

Bill White
07-27-2014, 11:56 AM
Winton, you have been watchin' too much TV, or you're in the sauce. :)
Bill

Kyle Iwamoto
07-27-2014, 12:55 PM
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.......

Harold Burrell
07-27-2014, 6:13 PM
Winton, you have been watchin' too much TV, or you're in the sauce. :)
Bill

Probably both.

Jim Matthews
07-27-2014, 6:36 PM
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.

Winton Applegate
07-27-2014, 6:39 PM
Winton, you have been watchin' too much TV, or you're in the sauce. :)
There's nothing worth watching on TV . . . I checked.
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 ?

Harold Burrell
07-27-2014, 8:56 PM
I will have a glass of wine with the steak tonight but that is even more rare.


And just what does the temperature of your meat have to do with how much you drink? ;)