Purchased this today from a boot sale.

It uses standard type hacksaw blades.

I used to use one similar at work years ago, you could also grind the blade thinner and use it like a scroll saw on metal plate.

Cost me £40 I think it was well worth it

 

Greetings Ace..

That would be a die filer..Probably a Oliver.. A great tool if you know how to use it.. Comes in real handy for making square holes. 

Forge on and make beautiful things

Jim

yup, made to take a file but will work as a saw

good bargain

 

Ayup, good find.  Die filer--which do take saw blades.  But you blew it:  With a cool tool like that around, now you opened a can of worms and have to make some really cool custom die blocks and punches to match

 

Thank you all for telling me what it really is,

 

I shall enjoy using it ,I also have a No 3 & No 2 fly press so it should be very useful .

The Maker is:- A Finney and it is a New Wonder they used to manufacture machinery in Birmingham for the aircraft industry just up the road from where I live, they used to call it the City  of a thousand trades shame time as moved on.

I wonder if people in the future will feel the same about 3D printers ?