Abstract: An improved guide for a handheld power cutting tool and for providing an adjustment to compensate for the distance between the blade of a cutting tool and the end of the sole plate which typically surrounds the blade, includes a base, a guide at the end of the base for contacting the edge of the guide plate of the cutting tool, a carriage assembly movable relative to the base, a carriage stop movable on the base to a set distance from the carriage assembly which can be adjusted to equal the distance between the saw blade and the end of the sole plate, the carriage stop being lockable to the base, a friction surface between the workpiece and the underside of the carriage assembly such that when the base is moved, the carriage assembly remains stationary with respect to the workpiece.