Abstract: A miter saw fence construction is provided by which accurate length measurement of an elongate work piece to be cut from stock material may be made. The construction includes a carrier platform slidingly and lockingly mounted to the miter saw fence. Extending rearwardly towards the fence from the front portion of the carrier platform is an elongate bar pointer whose free end is notched to receive the cut first end of stock material. Also included are measuring means having cooperative static and mobile components. The static component is secured to the fence and the mobile component is mounted to the carrier platform.

Abstract: A vise for joining frame pieces has clamp assemblies which can be moved on perpendicular axes, and has a quick-acting shifting mechanism for displacing one of the clamp assemblies from an initial position and returning it thereto. The complementary end faces of mounted frame pieces can thereby be brought into precise abutted registry with one another to establish a corner joint, moved apart by use of the shifting mechanism to permit the application of a fast-setting adhesive to the mating surfaces, and thereafter returned by reverse action of the mechanism to secure them in precisely the same relationship as was initially established.

Abstract: A spring-biased easily located frame clip mounting system is disclosed for "frameless" picture mounting in which a U-shaped clip is slipped over a backing, picture and glass sandwich and is held in place by a spring attached to a plow-type anchoring device having teeth which are initially pushed through the backing at an angle, such that spring tension causes the plow teeth to dig into the backing to hold the plow anchor securely to and flat against the backing. The anchor in one embodiment is provided with an aperture and liquid adhesive is dripped through the aperture once the anchor is in place to permanently secure the anchor to the backing.