Saw guide
OwnerStephen P. Hinesinventor
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Abstract
A guide for use with a cutting member, such as hand saws, that is easy to use, is readily portable and can be adjusted to permit cutting of precise compound angles on work pieces of various configurations. The guide mechanism comprises two angularly related members arranged so that when one member engages the face of a work piece, the other member functions to glidably engage a cutting member, such as the blade of a hand saw with the teeth thereof in cutting relation with said face of the work piece. In one form of the invention, locking mechanisms are provided to lock the member in any selected angular relation and a magnet is carried by the guide member which uniquely functions to continuously urge the saw into engagement with a plurality of rollers that are also carried by the guide member.
Claims20
A guide for guiding the travel of a cutting member constructed of a ferrous metal, comprising:
- (a) a base;
- (b) a guide member connected to said base and extending outwardly therefrom for guiding the travel of the cutting member as it is reciprocated between first and second positions;
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- (c) a magnet carried by said guide member for urging the metal cutting member toward said guide member.
A guide for guiding the travel of a cutting member constructed of a ferrous metal, comprising:
- (a) a base;
- (b) a miter plate rotatably connected to said base for movement between first and second miter plate positions;
- (c) a guide assembly pivotally connected to said base for movement between first and second guide assembly positions, said guide assembly comprising:
- (i) a bevel plate having a guide surface;
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- (ii) a magnet connected to said bevel plate;
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- (d) first locking means connected to said base plate assembly to lock said bevel plate in said first and second bevel plate positions.
A guide for guiding the travel of a hand saw constructed of a ferrous metal, comprising:
- (a) a base;
- (b) a miter plate rotatably connected to said base for movement between first and second miter plate positions;
- (c) a guide assembly pivotally connected to said base plate assembly for movement between first and second guide assembly positions, said guide assembly comprising:
- (i) a bevel plate;
- (ii) at least one roller assembly connected to said bevel plate, said roller assembly comprising:
- a. a roller bearing;
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- b. a roller connected to said roller bearing for rotation relative to said guide member, said roller having a peripheral surface supporting the saw;
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- (iii) a magnet connected to said bevel plate;
- (d) first locking means connected to said base plate assembly for locking said guide assembly in said first and second guide assembly positions;
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- (e) second locking means connected to said miter plate for locking said base plate in said first and second positions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.