Tool for Controlled Cutting

A cutting system comprising:

• a template cutting guide and a cutting blade;
• said template cutting guide having an elongated body portion with a substantially coplanar top face and a bottom face separated by a first thickness,
• a cutting guide slot extending through said first thickness, said cutting guide slot defined by a first wall and a second wall connected at first and second ends, said first and second walls separated by a second thickness,
• wherein said first and second walls are substantially parallel, said second thickness is substantially the same as a thickness of said cutting blade and permits movement of said cutting blade along said cutting guide slot, and said first and second walls engage said cutting blade to control the position of said cutting blade during cutting of said workpiece and form an acute angle with respect to said bottom face to facilitate beveled cuts;
• wherein said elongated body portion comprises a substantially transparent material through which said cutting blade is visible, and further comprises a first and second plurality of lines formed on at least one of said faces, said first plurality of lines running parallel to a line formed by the intersection of said first wall and one of said faces and having equidistant spacing, said second plurality of lines running perpendicular to a line formed by the intersection of said first wall and said one of said faces and having equidistant spacing,
• wherein the first and second plurality of lines intersect to form a grid on said one of said faces;
• and wherein said template cutting guide further comprises an integral guard ridge extending upwardly from said top face, said guard ridge being located within a cutting guide body portion defined by a second acute angle created by said top face and said cutting guide slot and a proximal edge of said template cutting guide parallel to said cutting guide slot and further located parallel to said cutting guide slot and further located between said first and second ends;
• and further comprising a fastener, wherein said guard ridge and said template cutting guide comprises at least one aperture extending through said guard ridge and said first thickness to receive said fastener for securing said template cutting guide to said workpiece to be cut, and wherein said aperture has a size and shape that is substantially the same as said fastener and said fastener releasably engages said aperture.

A cutting system comprising:

• a template cutting guide and a cutting blade;
• said template cutting guide having an elongated body portion with a substantially coplanar top face and a bottom face separated by a first thickness,
• a cutting guide slot extending through said first thickness,
• said cutting guide slot defined by a first wall and a second wall connected at first and second ends, said first and second walls separated by a second thickness,
• wherein said first and second walls are substantially parallel, said second thickness is substantially the same as a thickness of said cutting blade and permits movement of said cutting blade along said cutting guide slot, and said first and second walls engage said cutting blade to control the position of said cutting blade during cutting of said workpiece and form an acute angle with respect to said bottom face to facilitate beveled cuts;
• wherein said elongated body portion comprises a substantially non-transparent material having at least one window for viewing said workpiece, said window extending through said first thickness, and wherein said elongated body portion further comprises a first and second plurality of lines formed on at least one of said faces, said first plurality of lines running parallel to a line formed by the intersection of said first wall and one of said faces and having equidistant spacing, said second plurality of lines running perpendicular to a line formed by the intersection of said first wall and one of said faces and having equidistant spacing,
• wherein the first and second plurality of lines intersect to form a grid on one of said faces.