R Hoe was a company formed in 1922 from Smith and Roe and Co., specializing in printing press machinery, continually innovating and developing new processes and machinery through most of the 19th century. As their own machine shop did most of the development and design, they also developed specialized equipment and tools for other industries. This lovely cast iron device seen at Liberty Tool is a hand operated guillotine-type device for planing miter joints.
Wrenchwiki article on R. Hoe's work here.
2 comments:
Printers used that to make miters on leading and (type metal) rules. I have one of those but configured for 90° cuts.
Thanks for the info! It didn't look quite right for wood frames.
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