Control device for cutting torch

A guide assembly for controlling the movement of a cutting torch relative to a workpiece positioned adjacent thereto, and comprising:

• a stand assembly releasably attached to said workpiece and including a first end portion formed by a pair of substantially rectangularly-shaped leg members extending along and confronting opposite side portions of said workpiece, with said leg members including confronting end portions engaging one another and further engaging a second end portion extending substantially away from said workpiece, with said second end portion including an aperture extending longitudinally therethrough;
• said leg members each including a groove formed in a surface portion confronting said workpiece, with a separate magnet assembly pivotally attached to each leg member and positionable within a respective groove formed in each leg member, wherein each magnet assembly forms a magnetic connection between confronting surface portions of said workpiece and one of the grooves for releasably attaching said stand assembly to said workpiece;
• a beam assembly including a portion extending through said aperture to support said beam relative to said workpiece;
• a support assembly having a first part rigidly engaging a portion of said beam and having a second part supported on said first part and rotatably about an axis of symmetry extending through said support assembly;
• link means for engagably supporting said cutting torch in a position adjacent to said workpiece;
• angle setting guide means mounted on said second part of said support assembly for selectively rotating said link means through a vertical plane formed by said axis of symmetry extending through said support assembly, to position said cutting torch at a predetermined angle relative to said workpiece.