The invention relates to an automatic feed apparatus for bar-shaped material, especially for woodworking machines. The object of the invention is to provide an operationally reliable and less material-intensive feed apparatus which is of simple construction and which is cost-effective to produce. According to the invention, the object is achieved in that the tong-shaped clamping device consists of a lower lever equipped on the magazine side with a guide unit and of an upper lever equipped on the magazine side with at least one thrust piece. The invention can be used beyond said sector of use in the metalworking industry, for example as a feed apparatus on automatic lathes and the like. IMAGE
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