Adjustable straddle block

For use with a saw table having a rip fence mounted thereon, a straddle block comprising:

• a body having a substantially vertically extending fixed leg, an adjustable leg substantially parallel to said fixed leg, and a bridge extending between said fixed leg and said adjustable leg;
• said adjustable leg being vertically displaceable relative to said bridge and having opposing upper and lower surfaces, each including a substantially rectilinear edge and a downwardly extending step portion adjacent an end for engaging an upper surface and trailing end, respectively of a piece of stock, such that said straddle block may be adjusted to reverse hand by rotating said adjustable leg 180.degree. in a vertical plane;
• said adjustable leg includes at least one vertically extending slot and said body includes adjusting bolt means having a shank extending through said slot and said bridge and having a threaded end protruding from said fixed leg and a head opposite said threaded end slidably engaging said slot and means threaded into said threaded end for tightening said bolt means whereby said adjustable leg is clamped to said bridge between said head and said tightening means, or loosened to permit slidable displacement of said adjustable leg relative to said bridge and said fixed leg;
• said bridge spacing said fixed leg from said adjustable leg sufficiently to receive a rip fence therebetween;
• handle means attached to and extending upwardly from said body, said handle means offset away from said adjustable leg toward said fixed leg;
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• guide means for preventing said adjustable leg from skewing with respect to said bridge and said fixed leg.