Saw guide

An adjustable saw guide tool for hand-held power saws, comprising

• saw table slide member means having an upper surface for supporting the base plate of the power saw as the power saw base plate slides along the upper surface of the saw table slide member means in the course of making a cut on the workpiece,
• said saw table slide member means having
• a flat lower surface engagable directly with and supported on the upper surface of the workpiece and
• a side surface having a lower cut indicating edge engagable directly with the upper surface of the workpiece for indicating the line to be cut without any lateral offset of the kind which could arise if the cut indicating edge were spaced from the surface of the workpiece,
• said guide member means having a guide edge for engaging a related side edge of the base plate of the power saw to guide the power saw as the base plate slides along the upper surface of the saw table slide member means in the course of making a cut on the workpiece,
• locking means for locking the saw guide member means to the saw table slide member means,
• said locking means including lateral adjustment means for permitting the lateral position of the guide edge to be adjusted with respect to the cut indicating edge prior to locking the saw guide member means to the saw table slide member means for accommodating different types of power saws having different widths of base plates in a way such that the guide edge acting on the saw base plate positions the saw blade substantially immediately adjacent the cut indicating edge, and
• clamping means for clamping the saw guide tool to the work piece by engaging the edges of the workpiece.