Pattern to build a "astillera"

[aitormartin]

Hello everyone I leave the pattern for a "astillera" can you say me the name of this tool in English.
Thank you.



http://aitor-martin.blogspot.com.es/2013/05/planos-para-construir-una-astillera.html

[newfie]

on Google translator its shipbuilding

[aitormartin]

Thanks I have used google translate to translate tis post from Spanish to English and do not think is the correct translation and a shipbuilding is a shipyard.

Thanks a greeting.

[EIEIO]

I found a reference http://www.proz.com/kudoz/spanish_to_english/art_arts_crafts_painting/4427992-astillera.html that translates "astillera" as "Bench Pin". In that article it looks like the astillera clamps to the edge of a workbench and serves as a support for small parts that are being worked, e.g. cut with a jeweler's saw or a coping saw. The forked end looks like the support and the opening between the tines of the fork might be where the saw blade would pass. In the pictures the astillera looks pretty beat up, so it might be a consumable extension to a workbench that needs to be replaced on occassion.

Does that make sense? 

[EIEIO]

aitormartin - the link to the astillera design drawings produces a blank page. Is there another source for the plans?

[Merlin]

Yep that's what it is, had one when I was 10 or so years old, It came in my first set of tools.
You clamped it to the bench through the hole at one end and proceeded to cut your wood on top of the vee end so you did not cut up your bench. (in my case the kitchen table).

Does that make sense.

***Merlin***

[frankorona]

indeed, once used suitable for cutting much jewelry work, thanks for the pattern.
I used it when I studied jewelery workshop in high school.

[Martin]

I made one of these when I first got interested in fretwork but didn't know its name. I just did a bit of Googling and came up with the names, "cutting table", "fretwork table", and "V-board".

Martin.