Attachment for a power hand saw

In a device for facilitating repeated cuts with a portable hand-held power saw having a saw shoe bearing surface, and wherein relatively slideable guide means are employed for guiding the saw through a cutting plate, the improvement wherein said guide means comprise a first elongated slide having a flat surface adapted to lie against the surface of a work-piece, said guide means further comprising a second elongated slide movable on said first slide with respect thereto, a relatively thin mounting plate adapted for attachment to the saw shoe, means for attaching said mounting plate to said second elongated slide such that said mounting plate lies against the work-piece and at a position laterally offset from said first elongated slide, an angularly adjustable fence secured on said flat surface of said first elongated slide, and a flexible band on a spring-loaded takeup spool, said takeup spool being mounted on said first elongated slide behind said fence with respect to the direction of saw cut.

A device for facilitating repeated cuts with a portable hand-held power saw having a saw shoe bearing surface, comprising, a telescopable guide having a first elongated member with a substantially flat guide surface for bearing on a work-piece and having a second elongated member, bearing means mounting said second elongated member for movement with respect to said first elongated guide member along a cutting path, means coupling said first and second elongated members to provide a predetermined resistance to relative movement of said second elongated member along the cutting path, means for mounting the power saw to said second elongated member to be movable therewith, said mounting means including a mounting plate adapted for connection to the saw shoe and having bracket means of a configuration to position a circular saw with its saw shoe bearing surface displaced laterally from said telescopable guide and lying substantially in the plane of said flat guide surface, means for removably attaching said bracket means to said second elongated member, and a fence mounted to said first elongated member having a substantially flat fence surface lying in a plane perpendicular to the plane of said flat guide surface.