Table saw jig and method of use
AssigneeWoodpeckers, LLC
InventorWayne Sherman
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Abstract
A table saw jig for guiding offcut sides of various types of workpiece. The table saw jig includes a base that operably engages with a table of a table saw. The table saw jig also includes a slider that is moveably engaged inside of the base and is adapted to guide an offcut side of at least one workpiece along the table of the table saw. The table saw jig also includes at least one attachment assembly that operably engages with the base and is adapted to engage the base with the table of the table saw. The table saw jig also includes at least one calibration assembly that operably engages with the slider and the base. The at least one calibration assembly is configured to calibrate the slider relative to a blade of the table saw when the base is operably engaged with the table of the table saw.
Claims17
A table saw jig, comprising:
- a base having an open first end, a closed second end longitudinally opposite to the open first end, and a cavity defined between the open first end and the closed second end;
- a slider moveably engaged inside of the cavity of the base and having an engagement end extending through the open first end that is adapted to guide an offcut side of at least one workpiece along a table of a table saw and a stop end longitudinally opposite to the engagement end and configured to engage with the closed second end inside of the cavity;
- at least one attachment assembly operably engaged with the base, the at least one attachment assembly having at least a connector, a slot nut operably engaged with the connector and adapted to engage the base with the table of the table saw, and a handle threadably engaged with the connector to releasably engage the base with the table;
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- at least one calibration assembly having an indicator operably engaged with the slider and a set of measurement markings provided on the base;
- wherein the at least one calibration assembly is configured to calibrate the slider relative to a blade of the table saw when the base is operably engaged with the table of the table saw;
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- a locking knob operably engaged with the base and the slider to enable linear movement of the slider relative to the base to move the slider inwardly and outwardly of the cavity;
- wherein when the locking knob is engaged with the base and disengaged with the slider, the slider is freely moveable inside of the cavity;
- and wherein when the locking knob is engaged with the base and engaged with the slider, the slider is prevented from being freely moveable inside of the base.
A method of guiding at least one offcut side of at least one workpiece, comprising steps of:
- engaging a table saw jig, via at least one attachment assembly of the table saw jig, with at least one miter slot defined in a table of a table saw;
- the at least one attachment assembly having at least a connector, a slot nut operably engaged with the connector and adapted to removably engage a base with the table of the table saw, and a handle threadably engaged with the connector to releasably engage the base with the table;
- moving an engagement end of a slider of the table saw jig away from a closed stop end of the base of the table saw jig and away from a cavity defined in the base, through an open first end of the base longitudinally opposite from the closed stop end, and towards a cutting blade of the table saw until the slider directly abuts the cutting blade, wherein a locking knob is engaged with the base and disengaged with the slider, the slider is freely moveable inside of the cavity;
- calibrating the slider, via at least one calibration assembly of the table saw jig, relative to the cutting blade of the table saw;
- the at least one calibration assembly having at least one indicator operably engaged with the slider and at least one set of measurement markings provided on a top end of the base remote from the cavity;
- setting the slider to a desired guide position, via the at least one calibration assembly, relative to the base;
- locking the slider to the desired guide position by the locking knob, wherein the locking knob is engaged with the base and engaged with the slider;
- engaging the table saw jig with the table of the table saw, via the at least one attachment assembly, at a distance away from the cutting blade;
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- guiding the at least one offcut side of the at least one workpiece.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.