Abstract: A pair of holding arms which can be installed quickly and used to press a workpiece in a safe manner against a guide fence, regardless of the cuts made upon it, when the workpiece is moved past a shaper or the like having cutter blades rotatably mounted on a stationary shaft. Each holding arm includes a rubber-faced roller, an elongated, solid rod of angular transverse cross-section, and a track-mounted post for supporting the rod in a horizontal position. Contact between the workpiece and the holding arm is made through the roller which is vertically mounted on one end of the rod. The post includes a clutch plate for locking the horizontal extension of the rod. Each roller can be quickly moved forward into contact with the workpiece without releasing the clutch plate. To move the roller backward—away from the workpiece, the user releases the clutch plate with one hand and pulls backward on the rod with the other.

Abstract: A work station is provided having a work surface. The work surface comprises spaced apart bearers (42) which are spaced apart and parallel. The bearers (42) are interconnected by braces (43) and intermediate bearer fits between the parallel bearers (42). In some embodiments of the invention, the intermediate bearer carries a miter guide (143).

Abstract: A guide apparatus for workpieces being run thru machines such as wood-shapers or the like having guide fences, wherein the apparatus has elongated support rail structure having attachment clamps for quickly and easily removably affixing the apparatus to a wood cutting machine, wherein workpiece restraining structure is mounted on said rail structure for quick and easy vertical and lateral position adjustment with respect to a workpiece and the fence to provide a precision path for the workpiece thru the machine.

Abstract: A saw having a fence assembly (FIG. 4) which is adjustable in position to set cutting thickness with a means of securing said fence assembly to a base (10). The fence assembly consists of a lower fence (20), an upper fence (30), an upper outer fence (38), and a lower outer fence (44) that, together with the base, brackets, and fasteners, restrains a work piece except for motion in-line with the cutting direction. A reciprocating blade (60) that passes through a hole in base (10) is held in a blade support assembly (FIG. 5) that provides a means to tension the blade and holding the blade at proper alignment. Bearings and supports hold the blade assembly in-place relative to the base except for reciprocating motion. A source of reciprocating motion is connected to the blade support assembly. An adjustable brace (84) is set a height just above the work piece, thereby restraining the cut pieces from upward motion.

Abstract: A repositionable supporting apparatus includes a lower post adapted to be fixed on a worktable. An upper post is disposed co-axially rotatable relative to the lower post, and has a downward abutment wall defining an upper cavity, and an anchored end portion connected to an anchoring end of a cantilever member. The cantilever member has a holding end opposite to the anchoring end in a direction radial to the upper post for carrying a workpiece feeding device. A coupling member couples the lower post with the upper post in both retained and released positions where the upper post is prevented from rotation and is rotatable relative to the lower post respectively, and has an upward abutment wall to slidably contact the downward abutment wall such that a lower cavity therein can be aligned and communicated with the upper cavity.

Abstract: A dual spring hold down for use with wood working tools, such as table saws, routers and shapers comprises a bracket mounted on the wood working table behind the tool and a hold down bar pivotably attached to the bracket with the hold down bar surrounding the wood working tool. A threaded rod is threaded into and extends upward from an extension arm of the bracket and though a slot in a hold down bar cross plate. A first coil spring surrounds the threaded rod immediately above the cross plate and a second, stronger coil spring surrounds the threaded rod above the first coil spring while a cylindrical sleeve surrounds the first coil spring. The hold down bar is free to drop down to act as a safety barrier when no wood panel is present. Then, initial lifting of the hold down bar by a wood panel is initially against the relatively light downward bias of the first coil spring until the sleeve is lifted to a “hold down height” at a point sufficient to compress the first coil spring within the sleeve.