Bidspirit auction | Stanley No. 77 Dowel Machine

Stanley No. 77 Dowel Machine w/ 8 Heads - A Stanley No. 77 dowel making machine, a hand-cranked woodworking tool constructed from a cast iron body with a black japanned finish, steel gears, and a turned wooden handle. This mechanical device is designed to produce cylindrical dowels from square timber stock via a gear-driven cutter head. The large drive wheel features cast relief lettering on one side reading No 77, STANLEY, NEW BRITAIN, CONN., and U.S.A. The reverse side of this wheel bears the cast inscription U.S. PAT. 2-1-21. The machine is accompanied by an assortment of original cardboard accessory boxes. Several boxes retain printed green and yellow labels reading STANLEY, ONE CUTTER HEAD FOR DOWELING MACHINE, REG. U.S. PAT. OFF., and STANLEY RULE & LEVEL CO. NEW BRITAIN, CONN. U.S.A. The set includes eight cutter heads in the following sizes, as indicated by printed labels or handwritten notations on the boxes: 1/4, 5/16 INCH, 3/8, 7/16 INCH, 1/2, 9/16, 5/8 INCH, and 3/4.