Hand held drive cleat notcher

A hand-held notching tool for cutting a plurality of cuts in a material simultaneously, the tool comprising:

• a first handle;
• a second handle pivotably coupled to the first handle at a handle pivot;
• the handle pivot comprising a handle pivot axis;
• an inner jaw coupled to the first handle;
• the inner jaw comprising an inner jaw cutting edge substantially triangular in cross section in a pivot plane parallel to the handle pivot axis;
• an outer jaw coupled to the second handle, the outer jaw having an insert surface beveled in a cutting plane orthogonal to the pivot plane and orthogonal to the handle pivot;
• the outer jaw having a surface defining an outer jaw cutting edge which the inner jaw cutting edge passes;
• wherein rotation of the second handle relative to the first handle rotates the inner jaw relative to the outer jaw;
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• a stop surface attached to the outer jaw and projecting there below against which the material abuts when fully inserted between the inner jaw and the outer jaw.

A hand-held notching tool for cutting a plurality of cuts in a material simultaneously, the tool comprising:

• a first handle;
• a second handle pivotably coupled to the first handle at a handle pivot;
• the handle pivot comprising a handle pivot axis;
• an inner jaw coupled to the first handle;
• the inner jaw substantially triangular in cross section in a pivot plane parallel to the handle pivot axis;
• the inner jaw comprising a plurality of inner jaw cutting edges;
• an outer jaw coupled to the second handle;
• the outer jaw having a plurality of insert surfaces each adjacent to a respective one of the plurality of inner jaw cutting edges;
• each said insert surface parallel to its adjacent cutting edge and beveled in a cutting plane orthogonal to the pivot plane;
• the outer jaw having a surface defining an outer jaw cutting edge which the inner jaw cutting edge passes;
• wherein rotation of the second handle relative to the first handle rotates the inner jaw relative to the outer jaw;
• the outer jaw configured to be inserted into a drive cleat and simultaneously cut two non-parallel edges of the drive cleat.