Guide for workbench

Apparatus for cutting stock on a working surface by means of a router, said apparatus including a fence movable across and relative to said working surface;

• a guide having a base, a rotary element mounted on and rotatable relative to said base and having a backing block for supporting said stock, said backing block and an adjacent area of said fence defining confining walls adapted to contact said stock as said stock is cut by said router, said confining wall of said supporting block hindering unintended movement of said stock caused by rotation of said router, a guide rod mounted to said fence and to which said guide is slidably and rotatably mounted such that said base is movable relative to said working surface, said guide rod being arranged and constructed to steer said base in a direction, first toward said router with resulting movement of stock supported by said backing block toward and into contact with said router, and secondly, further in the same direction with resulting further movement of said stock in order to cut said stock, the length of said cut corresponding to the length of further movement of said stock.