Saw guide

A saw guide assembly for flat-sided workpieces comprising a guide means having a rigid straight saw guiding surface, a pair of elongated lever assemblies, means pivotally connecting central portions of said lever assemblies together for rotation about an axis transverse to said straight saw guiding surface, certain portions of said lever assemblies being disposed generally on a same side of said axis when said levers are in approximate parallelism and defining rearward portions thereof respectively and serving as handles, the opposite ends of said lever assemblies each extending generally forwardly, the forward end of one of said lever assemblies being attached to said guide means, a pressing means mounted on the forward end of the other of said lever assemblies, said pressing means having pressing surface means disposed opposite said guide means, said rearward portions of said lever assemblies being grippable in the hand of an operator to force them toward each other so as to simultaneously force said pressing means toward said guide means so as to be able to grip a workpiece disposed therebetween, clamping means operably correlated with said lever assemblies for clamping said lever assemblies laterally together into fixed positions with respect to each other, a workpiece engaging positioning flange means extending from said guide means, said flange means having a forwardly facing workpiece engaging surface having forwardmost portions disposed substantially on a flange means plane arranged parallel to said axis and at a right angle to said saw guiding surface, outermost portions of said flange means forwardmost portions being spaced apart a substantial distance in a direction normal to said saw guiding surface for positioning said assembly with stability against twisting as pressure is applied onto said workpiece, said assembly being free of any impediment means disposed in a plane so closely adjacent to said saw guiding surface as to be located where a saw blade of any width would be interfered with by said impediment means.