What is this tool?

[radhak]

A cabinet shop had this, and he gave it to me for free. Thing is, I have no clue what it's for :



the cradle in the middle moves smoothly.



This is what it says on the movable cradle :


And the lable on the side says :


edit : sorry, that last image link is now fixed.

[Crash2510]

looks to me like it is made to have a router mounted on it to flatten wide boards

[pelligrini]

Yea, it looks like a thicknessing jig

[scmhogg]

That is really cool. I had fits making a jig to flatten a work bench top. If you want to sell it let me know.

Steve

[poolhound]

Yea, it looks like a thicknessing jig

That was my first thought

[Tom Slick]

just wanted to show the picture that is not showing up



all I could find was

"a machine invented by John Michaels called the Drawer Master, which is used to quickly manufacture drawers out of vinyl clad drawer side material."

[leehljp]

That would be nice to play with! Lots of possibilities. If Steve hadn't already asked, I would have and had it sent to my US addr.

[Uncle Cracker]

Apparently, this company designed and made a few custom woodworking accessories for the cabinet industry. I found a couple of others, also dealing with routers in a production capacity.

Records of business activity confined to the late 80's/early 90's. The only address I could find was:

JCM INDUSTRIES, INC.
7454 SHAWNEE ROAD
NORTH TONAWANDA, NY 14120

[RayintheUK]

When you buy flat-packed furniture, often the drawers have a front and a one-piece side assembly, which folds inwards via two V-shaped 90 degree channels, set at 45 degrees to the inside. These are then glued at the miter and fastened to the front, allowing a contiguous vinyl outside. Looks like the jig is for cutting the channels with a router and a V bit.

Ray.

[radhak]

Guys, hold on with the bids please!
I can see the possibilities with this thing. It's sturdy, simple and operates smoothly. I am just curious why it's called a 'drawer master'. Now I need to read Ray's post a couple of times and I might perhaps get it .

Btw, that cabinet-maker did not know what it was either.

[cabinetman]

When you buy flat-packed furniture, often the drawers have a front and a one-piece side assembly, which folds inwards via two V-shaped 90 degree channels, set at 45 degrees to the inside. These are then glued at the miter and fastened to the front, allowing a contiguous vinyl outside. Looks like the jig is for cutting the channels with a router and a V bit.

Ray.

Something similar to this:
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[radhak]

Fabulous, CM! That picture clarifies it fully, and also shows how precise Ray's description was.

But I think this jig could do that and more, as others have pointed out above.

If I end up not using it, I shall pm you steve (and then lee)...

[jking]

When you buy flat-packed furniture, often the drawers have a front and a one-piece side assembly, which folds inwards via two V-shaped 90 degree channels, set at 45 degrees to the inside. These are then glued at the miter and fastened to the front, allowing a contiguous vinyl outside. Looks like the jig is for cutting the channels with a router and a V bit.

Ray.

I think you could also make alternate use of for routing dadoes, although you'd probably have a width limit.

[Uncle Cracker]

If you flip the router mounting plate upside-down to gain clearance underneath, it looks like you could mount to a lathe and do fluting work.