Free swinging portable cutting work station

A method for cutting large sheet material comprising the steps of:

• placing a channel cutting guide running from front to back as a material resting table for holding material to be cut;
• hinging a vertically oriented and top hinged triangular truss system at a rear end of said cutting guide, which truss opens toward the front of the table with a front truss leg that swings upward and away from the cutting table so that material to be cut may be placed thereon;
• and
• attaching a cutting tool to a free swinging end of said front truss leg for receiving a tool used to cut said material.

A pipe collar of a given width having a circular opening centered on a longitudinal axis there through, said collar being of an extruded aluminum material, and comprising, when viewed in cross section:

• a flat base surface below said opening together with an integrally curved circular segment of said collar material above and surrounding said opening;
• a pair of longitudinal grooves in each surrounding side of said collar material, with said grooves being substantially equal in depth and located immediately above said flat base;
• said grooves continuing upwardly into a pair of opposed side ribs spaced equally opposite each other on opposite sides of said collar;
• and
• a slot, above one side rib, cut through said collar material from the outside through to the circular opening.

Apparatus for cutting material comprising:

• a cutting channel running, relative to a user, from front to back and angularly left or right while serving as a material support for holding material to be cut;
• a vertically oriented and top hinged triangular truss system at a rear end of said channel, which truss includes a front truss leg that swings upward and away from the cutting channel so that material to be cut may be placed above said channel by a user;
• and
• a cutting tool attached to said free swinging end of said front truss leg for guiding a cutting tool through said material and into said channel for cutting said material.