A jig for use in cutting an elongate workpiece with a saw blade, the jig comprising:
- a first guide member;
- a second guide member that is separate from said first guide member;
- each of the guide members being substantially defined by a respective pair of right angle pieces with first legs of the right angle pieces facing one another in parallel relation in order to define a slot therebetween that passes through said guide member on a path spanning along a lengthwise dimension thereof, and with second legs of the right angle pieces lying in coplanar relationship with one another to define a flat inner side of the guide member that faces toward the other guide member;
- a screw-type clamping mechanism comprising:
- two pairs of aligned bolt holes passing through the second legs of the right angle pieces of the guide members, with each of the two pairs of aligned bolt holes featuring a respective hole in one of the right angle pieces of each of the guide members at a location adjacent a respective end of the slot of said guide member;
- a pair of bolts each positioned or positionable to place a threaded shaft of the bolt in a position passing through a respective one of the two pairs of aligned bolt holes;
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- a pair of threaded nuts that are each engaged or engagable on a respective one of the bolts and tightenable against the second leg of one of the right angle pieces through which the respective one of the two pairs of aligned bolt holes passes on an outer side of said second leg that faces away from the other one of the right angle pieces through which the respective one of the two pairs of aligned bolt holes passes, whereby the threaded nuts are tightenable on the pair of bolts to force the first and second guide members toward one another;
- whereby tightening of the threaded nuts on the pair of bolts with the first and second guide members disposed on opposing sides of the workpiece acts to clamp the flat inner sides of the first and second guide members flat against the workpiece from the opposing sides thereof to enable cross-wise cutting of the workpiece by insertion of the saw blade through the respective slots on the opposing sides of the workpiece and cutting into the workpiece along the path of said slots.