Tim Allen asked:

>Jim Foster, who inquired about a mitre box strikingly similar to mine, wrote:
>>>Each saw post is set up for a depth stop, with a large
>>>knurled nut screwing into the post and holding a slotted
>>>piece with a bent over end. Missing the front one, but
>>>it won't be a big deal to cobble together a replacement.
>
>Charlie Newbold replied:
>>Those pieces can be adjusted to give just a little clearance between the
>>blade teeth and the metal slot.  If you set them just right and have a
>>slightly tapered saw blade, the board will be cut thru only when the saw is
>>pushed tight to the front saw post.
>
>By "those pieces" are you referring to the depth stops that are screwed to
>the heads of the saw guide risers where the back of the saw rides, or to
>the elongate slotted pieces with the bent-over ends that are held to the
>outside of the posts in which the saw guides rise and fall? What are these
>latter pieces for?

"Those pieces" would be the short (~2") straight ones on the saw guides.
They are the ones to set to control the maximum depth of the saw so it cuts
thru a board but does not scrape on the metal blade slot.  The ajustments
need a screwdriver.

The longer bent ones are attached to the post assembly and can be set via
the knurled nuts to limit depth cuts as for tenon shoulders.  I can't do it
on mine, as one of the assemblies is MIA. :-(  Maybe it is time to cobble up
a make-do.

snip...

>OK, third trip to the basement... Nope, no nameplate and no evidence of one
>ever being there. Mine has, cast into the bottom, where the legs bolt on,
>"1200 C" at one end and  "72" at the other, but no other identifying marks.

Mine is free of such marks.

Charlie Newbold