Mechanical Device?

[lptools]

Hello, I don't know where to begin!  Whatever it is, I couldn't leave it on the table at the flea. There is a cam that moves the piece that looks like a screwdriver blade from front to back. At the same time the 2 pieces in the middle move left to right. The center section appears to be a vise, second photo shows a metal bar that I put in. The screw on the far left adjusts the piece on the left that raises or lowers the bar that I put in to the top of what I am calling the vise jaws. The thumbscrew in the center looks like it would have held a rod, maybe for setting a controlled depth, otherwise this gizmo looks complete, no mfg.'s markings .Overall length is  approx. 12", the wheel diameter is 7-1/2", and the approx. height is 6" . My first thought was a sharpening tool, or a mechanical saw set? Regards, Lou

[wvtools]

It is a band saw setting machine.  The one rocker arm pushes the blade along and the twin arms on the sides set the teeth.

[bill300d]

Band saw Set sold by Disston, Huther Brothers, E. C. Atkins and The Rotary File Company, the probable maker

[turnnut]

 I agree that it looks like a band saw blade setting machine.

[lptools]

Hello, Thanks, that was quick. I went to the Saw Set Collector's site with your info, top photo on the Band Saw Set page. I copied the following;    Disston Band saw Set

Also sold by Hunther Brothers, E. C. Atkins and The Rotary File Company, the probable maker. Thanks  again, Lou

[Bill Houghton]

Three minutes and six seconds to ID it?  Not bad!

[Aunt Phil]

Huther Bros is a long lived Rochester NY saw company, still in business last time I drove by.  They still do business as close to the way they did in the old days, to the extent possible, and if you have a question about saws they can and will answer it.

[lptools]

Hello, Aunt Phil. Thanks for the info, Rochester is only 70 miles west of where I live, I will put it on the travel plans for the next road trip. Regards, Lou

[Aunt Phil]

DANG, I just gogled Huther Saw to verify my memory, and they went and moved about a block or 2 down University from where the company started back in the 1800s.

A man could spend quite some time just reading everything Huther Bros did. 

I knew a fellow who did some business with them back in the 60s, Huther was able to make a superior saw for slicing burger rolls than the company who made the slicing machine, but given the bakery was closing in Rochester the bakery guy said to hell with the company, and Huther never pursued selling the bread saw blades.  Bakery company didn't treat its people right, Huther didn't want their business. 

I see the current president of the company is still a Huther, and the company is still privately hels, so I hope the old standards still apply.  Rochester's other saw shop, Jackson, pulled the plug and ran for the suburbs.  City is getting nasty, and the taxes and permits will kill you.  $750 a year just to be connected to the water main for a sprinkler system, and $50 per torch for cutting torches.  My favorite was having to have a fireproof cabinet for spray cans, but a store with shelves full of spray cans can have them on display with no requirements for storage.

GEE, I wonder why business is leaving town.