Router saw and guide

A router saw, which comprises:

• (a) a base plate having at least one straight peripheral guide edge and a substantially flat lower surface to permit the base plate to lie flat on a piece of material to be cut;
• (b) a router having a vertically revolving cutter, wherein the router is secured to the base plate with the router cutter extending downwardly through the base plate to contact an underlying work piece;
• and
• (c) a D-handle secured to the base plate for pushing the base plate with the guide edge being abutted against a fixed guide surface to allow the router to function as a saw, and wherein the D-handle forms a hand grip space that is oriented generally vertically such that the user's hand is substantially upright and faces the router when the user grips the hand grip space of the D-handle to allow the user to effectively push the base plate and thus the router when the router is attached to the base plate forwardly in the manner of a saw.

A router saw, which comprises:

• (a) a base plate having a longitudinal axis and a transverse axis, wherein the base plate has a hole located on one side of the base plate to one side of the transverse axis, wherein the base plate includes at least one straight peripheral guide edge that is parallel to the longitudinal axis of the base plate and wherein the base plate has a substantially flat lower surface to permit the base plate to lie flat on a piece of material to be cut;
• (b) a router having a vertically revolving cutter secured to the one side of the base plate above the hole with the router cutter extending downwardly through the hole;
• and
• (c) a D-handle carried on the other side of the base plate opposite to the side carrying the router with the D-handle being separate from the router and being spaced from the router wherein the D-handle is parallel to the longitudinal axis of the base plate and to the peripheral guide edge, wherein the D-handle has a generally vertical hand grip space that receives the user's hand in a generally upright orientation whereby the user can push the router mounted on the base plate using the D-handle with the guide edge being abutted against a fixed guide surface to allow the router to function as a saw.