Cutting apparatus

A cutting apparatus for cutting a first workpiece and subsequently a second workpiece, the cutting apparatus comprising:

• a base frame extending along and about a horizontal axis, a vertical axis and a transverse axis with the horizontal axis, the vertical axis and the transverse axis extending perpendicular to and intersecting one another to form a Cartesian coordinate system;
• a pair of holder assemblies operably connected to the base frame and disposed in a juxtaposed relationship with one another, one of the pair of holder assemblies sized and adapted to hold the first workpiece and a remaining one of the pair of holder assemblies sized and adapted to hold the second workpiece, the pair of holder assemblies independently movable relative to one another with the respective ones of the first and second workpieces being simultaneously movable therewith along the transverse axis in back-and-forth directions;
• an overhead frame connected to and disposed above the base frame;
• a cutter assembly connected to the overhead frame and operative to move along the vertical axis in up-and-down directions and the horizontal axis in side-to-side directions, the cutter assembly including a rotary cutter mechanism having a rotating cutting tool;
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• a controller in communication with and operative to control and move of the pair of holder assemblies and the cutter assembly in a manner such that the rotating cutting tool cuts the first workpiece in a first desired configuration then moves to the second workpiece to cut the second workpiece in a second desired configuration, wherein the base frame is a box-shaped construction including a table-top panel, wherein the table-top panel includes two pairs of slots extending through the table-top panel, juxtaposed to one another and parallel to each other along the transverse axis, wherein each one of the pair of holder assemblies includes a pair of angle members, each angle member having a first angle portion projecting upwardly from the table-top panel and a second angle portion connected to a distal end of the first angle portion and extending perpendicularly to the first angle portion.