Saw guide assembly

A clamping assembly for clamping a saw guide block of wearable material therein, the block having first and second engaging surfaces adjacent an inner face thereof, and an outer face remote from the inner face to serve as a wearing face to bear against a saw blade of a sawing apparatus, the clamping assembly and block being received in a holding means of the sawing apparatus for location relative to a datum surface of the sawing apparatus, the clamping assembly being characterized by:

• (a) an assembly body having front and rear portions;
• the front portion having spaced apart first and second clamping elements with oppositely disposed first and second gripping and bearing surfaces respectively spaced on opposite sides of, and disposed parallel to, a clamp axis;
• the first and second gripping and bearing surfaces being adapted to engaged the first and second engaging surfaces respectively of the block, the clamping elements having respective root portions disposed remotely from the gripping and bearing surfaces and extending from the rear portion, the clamping elements being spaced apart by a gap extending forwardly from the rear portion, the rear portion extending essentially continuously between root portions of the clamping elements and between opposite end portions of the body to maintain the first and second clamping elements in alignment with one another, the clamping elements being adapted for movement towards each other about a bend axis disposed generally adjacent the root portions and generally parallel to the clamp axis,
• (b) clamping means disposed between the root portions and the gripping and bearing surfaces of the clamping elements for applying a clamping force to the clamping elements and thence to the guide block, so that the clamping force deflects the first clamping element generally about the bend axis towards the second clamping element to narrow the gap therebetween.