Abstract: A straight edge clamping device for clamping workpieces is provided. The device comprises a straight edge having a flat lower surface for contacting workpieces, an upper wall, and two sidewalls, a first stop fixed at one end of the edge, a second stop movably provided along the edge, and a clamp for holding the workpieces together. The walls of the edge define an open channel. The second stop has a body movably received in the channel of the edge and having a shape reverse to the shape of the channel of the base so that the body and the channel interlock. The upper wall of the base has one or more recesses, and the body of the second stop has mating projections so that the recesses and the projections interlock.

Abstract: A clamping device for combined floors includes a base member having a snapper, a first rib and a second rib extending upwardly form the base member and adapted to be received in the combined floors for connecting the combined floors. The base member has a &pgr;-shaped bracket extending from a first end of the base member and a T-shaped space defined in a second end of the base member. The &pgr;-shaped bracket is reciprocally and movably received in the T-shaped space of an adjacent base member so that the clamping device is connected to one another.

Abstract: A fence system for a band saw. The band saw defines an actual cutting plane and has a table having a table surface defining a desired cutting plane. The fence system comprises a rail member, a base member, a locking assembly, a fence member defining a fence surface, and an adjustment system. The rail member is mounted on the table and defines a rail axis that is substantially perpendicular to the desired cutting plane. The base member is supported by the rail member. The locking assembly selectively locks the base member at a selected position along the rail axis. The adjustment system mounts the fence member to the base member at a selected angle relative to the rail axis. The base member defines a pivot point about which the fence member is rotated by the adjustment system, and the pivot point is adjacent to the rail member.

Abstract: This invention is an improved structure for saw clip. On the working desk, there is a lead trough. On the pivot of this working desk, there is a block section for items to wait to be sawed. A top pusher block, when moved onwards, can be used to fix the items so that the sawing process can go smoothly. Among the parts of this invention, there is a sliding trough on top of the block and the sliding trough and the lead trough go across each other. Moreover, a lead screw goes through both the sliding trough and lead trough. The lead screw can be adjusted to be at any position in the lead trough to change how the block is placed. Then, the block can be screwed tightly so that it will not turn upon receiving the pushing force from clipping.

Abstract: A device for use in preparation of animation paper has a punching plate connected to a receiving plate by hinges. The punching plate has an upwardly extending circular punch located intermediate and coaxial with two upwardly extending rectangular punches and four alignment receiving apertures. The receiving plate in turn has a circular recess located intermediate and coaxial with two rectangular recesses and four upwardly extending paper guides. The receiving plate also has a dimension guide.

Abstract: A press device for coating table board-shaped pieces of furniture on their upper side and side surfaces, whereby the workpieces lie next to each other on a supporting system that has many supporting bolts distributed in a grid-like manner, which can be adjusted between a passive position out of contact with the workpieces and a coating position that supports the workpieces. An elastic membrane is arranged above the supporting bolts, on which the workpieces can be placed. The elastic membrane functions to support the coating film during the coating operation.

Abstract: An expandable mechanical stop is provided for positioning a workpiece during woodworking or other operations. The mechanical stop includes a positioning body which is adjustably attached to a track, the track having a vertical face that abuts an edge of the workpiece during operation. A stop arm is connected to the positioning body and includes a rear face that is substantially adjacent to the vertical face of the track. Anti-biasing means are provided to prevent the workpiece from dislodging the stop arm by sliding between the stop arm and the track. In one configuration, tabs are provided on the rear face and are received by grooves on the vertical face to serve as the anti-biasing means. In another configuration, grooves are provided on the rear face and receive tabs disposed on the vertical face.

Abstract: An automatically retractable stop mechanism is provided for machine tools. The stop apparatus includes a base that is releasably fixed to the machine tool table. A stop bar is retractably mounted to the base. A spring urges the bar into a retracted condition disengaging the metal part being machined. The spring permits the bar to be selectively actuated to engage the part being machined and properly position that part on the machining table. After positioning is complete, the stop bar is released and the springs automatically retracted so that the machining operation can be performed without interference from the stop apparatus.

Abstract: The vice device includes a vice holder 24 composed of two side parts connected together at a given angle and, in these two side parts of the vice holder 24, there are respectively formed two holes 24a, 24b which extend at right angles to their associated side parts. By selectively switching these holes 24a, 24b over to each other, the pressing direction of a vice plate 26 can be changed.

Abstract: A support surface (3) is bordered on at least two sides by fins while mounted at an opposite corner is a clamping device comprising a slide (6) which can be drawn back from a starting position against the force of a coil spring (9) and which has a clamping plate (10) which has a clamping surface facing the diagonally opposite corner. When a microtitre plate is set down on the support surface (3) by means of a gripper, a lever (12) of the clamping device (5) is pressed down by a gripper arm and the clamping plate (10) is drawn back from a starting position by the action of a thrust surface (15) on the underside of the lever (12) on a sliding projection (11) of the slide (6) and said clamping plate is then moved forwards again to said starting position when the gripper is raised, so that it clamps the microtitre plate against the fins and holds it in a defined position.

Abstract: An exemplary embodiment is a fixture for securing hard stops to a substrate. The fixture has a base which provides support to the fixture. The base has a cavity configured for nestably supporting a substrate. A top plate is mounted on the base, the top plate is configured for mounting the substrate. An alignment plate is disposed on the top plate separate from the base. An adjusting plunger assembly is coupled to the base. The adjusting plunger assembly is configured for use with attaching a hard stop to the substrate. A plunger is coupled to the base substantially perpendicular to the adjusting plunger assembly. The plunger is configured for use with supporting the substrate. A method of using a fixture is disclosed comprising disposing a substrate in a base of the fixture and mounting a hard stop to the substrate. An adhesive is disposed between the hard stop and the substrate. The substrate is mounted between a plunger and a top plate. The hard stop on the substrate is aligned with an alignment plate.

Abstract: A fence assembly for use with a router table, with the fence assembly including a first lower rail, a second lower rail and an upper rail. The first lower rail is configured and arranged to be positioned above the router table, where the first lower rail defines a lower longitudinal axis along the length thereof. The second lower rail is configured and arranged to be positioned above the router table along the lower longitudinal axis. The upper rail is configured and arranged to be attached to the router table above both the first lower rail and the second lower rail, whereby the upper rail defines an upper longitudinal axis that is substantially parallel to the lower longitudinal axis.

Abstract: A computer hard drive assembly device is described which can include a turntable, a motor, and a control. The turntable can include a platform configured to secure computer hard drive components to the turntable. The motor can be coupled to the turntable by a rotating drive shaft which allows the motor to rotate the turntable. The control can be coupled to the motor and is coupled to engage the motor. A method for computer hard drive assembly using the device is also provided.

Abstract: An apparatus suitable for securely gripping and holding a microplate or other containers during robotic de-lidding operations. A microplate placed on the apparatus is held by a vacuum drawn through the base thereof, allowing the lid of the microplate to be removed without movement of the plate. Afterwards, the vacuum can be discontinued and the plate removed from the apparatus.

Abstract: A method of making car bodywork, the method including a step of assembling body sides (4a, 4b) to an underbody (1), the underbody (1) including a rigid engine compartment (2) at one end and being placed in an assembly station in a precise position determined in an orthogonal frame of reference having directions X, Y, and Z, the method consisting: in putting the body sides (4a, 4b) into position and holding them in position in the frame of reference of the station by means of two parallel tools (13, 14) each co-operating with a respective body side (4a, 4b), and at least one transverse tool (11) extending transversely to said parallel tools, the three tools being connected to one another and to the X, Y, Z frame of reference of the station in such a manner that the transverse tool (11) is placed and held in a position that is precise and locked in the frame of reference and that it forms a spacer and bracing tool in the Y direction for the two parallel tools (13, 14) in a zone that is remote from the engine co

Abstract: Router tables, generally used for woodworking, have fences used to guide workpieces during cutting. The router table has a table top which has a top work surface and a router bit hole through the table top. A plurality of support legs are provided below the table top. A safety shield is positioned above the router bit hole. The workpiece fence has left and right fences which operate independently of each other. The left and right fences slide on the top work surface in a front to rear direction and a side to side direction. A feather flap extends from the workpiece fence and holds the workpiece down against the table top during cutting.

Abstract: A latch for securing a wafer to a clamp plate. The latch may include a bearing that couples a wheel to a horizontal shaft. The horizontal shaft is adapted to rotate relative to the clamp ring so that the wheel secures the wafer. The bearing minimizes the amount of particles generated by the moving components of the latch that may contaminant the wafer.

Abstract: A programmable furniture texturing robotic system includes a programmable multiaxis robot fixed to a support frame and a table fixed to a support frame such that they form an integrated unit and the programmable multiaxis robot has a furniture texturing tool unit attached to the end of the robot arm. The furniture texturing tool unit is attachable to and detachable from the arm of the robot and is either a furniture chattering tool unit or a furniture distressing multitool turret. The furniture chattering tool unit has a circular saw blade which produces surface chatter marks when it is dragged across the surface of a furniture part. The furniture distressing tool unit has a plurality of furniture distressing tools, each of which produce a plurality of furniture distress marks including simulated wood rot, worm holes, hatchet marks, rock marks, wood split marks, crooked vein lines, and cigarette burn marks.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a connector holder for holding a connector during wiring of the connector which facilitates accurate positioning of protection material about wires of a cable. The connector holder includes a support member such as a pillar for mounting the invention to the wiring board. The connector holder includes a holder portion which houses a connector in an insertable and removable manner in such a condition that the wires can be connected thereto, and a positioning member is integrally provided with the holder portion and assists in the positioning of protection material about cable wires connected to the connector. The positioning member may also include an adjustable pin capable of positioning protection material arranged around the periphery of a cable in such a condition that the plurality of wires of the cable connected with a connector is arranged on both sides of the positioning member.

Abstract: A workpiece indexing and clamping system for machining the workpiece. Spherical or narrow cylindrical heads of index pins extend from holes in a base plate into workpiece holes to align and index the workpiece. The pin portions in the base plate holes can be expanded to lock them to the base plate. Each pin has relief flats parallel to the pin axis. Clamps engage workpiece edges with thread-like angled grooves on a cam surface to force workpiece edges against the base plate during machining of the workpiece. A central clamp has a pin extending from the base plate into a workpiece hole. Angled grooves in a cam surface are brought into contact with the hole sides to force the workpiece toward the base plate and hold the central area in place during machining. In another version, a combined index and clamp pin has a head that fits within a workpiece hole and an extension that fits within a base plate hole.

Abstract: A locator stop (10) having a body (12) is arranged to be supported on an upper surface of a truss table formed with a plurality of panels (P), so as to extend across a slot (S) between successive panels. The body (12) has a basal surface (22) by which it is supportable on the upper surface of the table. The stop has a lock (14) which projects below the body (12) so as to be at least partly locatable in the slot (S). The lock (14) has dimensions in two mutually perpendicular directions, substantially parallel to the basal surface (22), which respectively are less than the width of the slot (S) and greater than the width of the slot. The lock (14) is adjustable by a manual operation performed above the table, wherein the lock (14) is able to firmly engage at least one of the panels (P) defining the slot (S) and thereby clamp or hold the body (12) on the upper surface at a required position along the slot.

Abstract: A work stop for use on a machine vise is received in a jaw plate for such vise and is securely locked in position. The work stop is fixed in a groove that is machined into a top edge of the jaw plate or jaw, with a member extending over the edge of the jaw plate and adjacent the face of the jaw plate that is used for clamping, a workpiece. This permits the workpiece to be slid against the stop before being clamped. The jaw plate is removably mounted onto a fixed jaw, and is located precisely relative to the fixed jaw so that the jaw plate with the work stop attached can be removed, and then replaced when the same part is to be machined again.

Abstract: The present invention is a jig system for precisely positioning the placement of multiple cuts such as in the placement of dovetail or box joints cut in a wood panel. A row of multi-use adjustable spacers controls the indexing of a workpiece and can be used with a stationary and/or a portable cutting tool. The movability of the spacers permits a workpiece to be cut on both sides of a guide bar fence thereby assuring that the first cut will always be made on the same side of a drawer and will be esthetically pleasing regardless of the width of the workpiece. Additionally, the adjustability of the spacers accommodates any desired cutting tool height, angle and/or size.

Abstract: A device for supporting an item of food, comprising a base member having a center longitudinal axis and a center lateral axis, and a plurality of first support members disposed on each side of the center longitudinal axis of the base member. The first support members are attached to the base member and substantially perpendicular thereto. The first support members having a food supporting edge sloping downward toward the longitudinal axis of the base member.

Abstract: A device used as an aid in scoring polygonal shapes into glass having a platen rotatable on a base and a compression arm secured to the base, the platen having grid markings and circular markings intersecting the grid markings, and holes at certain of the grid markings into which locating pins, straight edges and clamps can be inserted, the base having a circular recess, the platen being seated into the circular recess, the compression arm being secured to the base and having a glass engaging clamp, the compression arm extending over the platen to secure a piece of glass between the glass engaging clamp and the platen to facilitate a straight line to be manually scored using a hand scoring device, the platen being a held by a retaining force variably applied to hold the platen position by the glass engaging clamp during the scoring operation.

Abstract: Apparatus for securing flat articles to be cut, includes, in one embodiment, a base and a clamp bar coupled to the base by actuators. The actuators are slideably moveable to actuate the clamp bar between a clamping position near the base and an open position away from the base. A flat article is positioned between the clamp bar and the base, and the actuators are moved to position the clamp bar into the clamping position, securing the flat article to the base in a desired position for cutting. In an alternate embodiment, an apparatus includes a biasing member operatively engaged with the clamp bar to urge the clamp bar away from or toward the base. In another alternate embodiment, an apparatus includes a swing arm slideably coupled with the clamp bar, the swing arm having a straight edge.

Abstract: An adjustable LCD panel power-up test fixture and a method for using the fixture are disclosed. In a preferred embodiment, an adjustable test fixture is constructed by mounting removable side frames onto a substantially planar base plate with conductive elements provided on the top surfaces of the side frames. The side frames are arranged and mounted in such a way that one side frame slidingly engages another for fixing a pre-selected length of the side frame necessary for testing the LCD panel. In an alternate embodiment, the base plate is not used where four side frames slidingly engaging each other to form an adjustable test frame. The four side frames are each provided with a horizontal portion and a vertical portion. The vertical portions of the four side frames are of substantially the same height, while the horizontal portions are provided with a recessed slot for engaging the horizontal portions of the other side frames.

Abstract: A workpiece indexing and clamping system for machining the workpiece. Spherical or narrow cylindrical heads of index pins extend from holes in a base plate into workpiece holes to align and index the workpiece. The pin portions in the base plate holes can be expanded to lock them to the base plate. Each pin has relief flats parallel to the pin axis. Clamps engage workpiece edges with thread-like angled grooves on a cam surface to force workpiece edges against the base plate during machining of the workpiece. A central clamp has a pin extending from the base plate into a workpiece hole. Angled grooves in a cam surface are brought into contact with the hole sides to force the workpiece toward the base plate and hold the central area in place during machining.

Abstract: A basket assembly for holding a vehicle wheel rim. The basket assembly includes a basket adapted to hold the wheel rim, and a pair of pads connected to the basket. At least one of the pads is adjustable between a first position, in which the pads do not capture the wheel rim within the basket, and a second position, in which the pads are effective to capture the wheel rim within the basket. The basket assembly is useful in an apparatus for transferring wheel rims between metal forming stations during manufacture of the wheel rims.

Abstract: The bench for machining elongate objects such as strips of marble and the like comprises a generally boxlike body having a surface over which a portable profiling machine can be moved and a side comprising means for holding elongate objects or strips or the like in position by means of a plurality of pneumatic suction inlets which, by the action of low pressure, hold the elongate object stably during its machining.

Abstract: There is provided a new and useful workpiece locating device for use on a machine table comprising at least two spaced elongated support members arranged in parallel so as to create at least one elongated slot, in a top surface of said table, between adjacent support members in which the locating device comprises a first member for insertion into the slot, which first member comprises a base having a width less the width of the slot and at least one locking means to releasably secure the base within the slot and a second member fastened to the first member in which the second member is upstanding relative to the top surface of the table when the device is positioned in the slot.

Abstract: A workpiece indexing and clamping system for machining the workpiece. Spherical or narrow cylindrical heads of index pins extend from holes in a base plate into workpiece holes to align and index the workpiece. The pin portions in the base plate holes can be expanded to lock them to the base plate. Each pin has relief flats parallel to the pin axis. Clamps engage workpiece edges with thread-like angled grooves on a cam surface to force workpiece edges against the base plate during machining of the workpiece. A central clamp has a pin extending from the base plate into a workpiece hole. Angled grooves in a cam surface are brought into contact with the hole sides to force the workpiece toward the base plate and hold the central area in place during machining.

Abstract: A work stop for use on a machine vise is received in a jaw plate for such vise and is securely locked in position. The work stop is fixed in a groove that is machined into a top edge of the jaw plate or jaw, with a member extending over the edge of the jaw plate and adjacent the face of the jaw plate that is used for clamping, a workpiece. This permits the workpiece to be slid against the stop before being clamped. The jaw plate is removably mounted onto a fixed jaw, and is located precisely relative to the fixed jaw so that the jaw plate with the work stop attached can be removed, and then replaced when the same part is to be machined again.

Abstract: A workpiece supporting assembly of a carpenter's plane is mounted on a workbench of the carpenter's plane and composed of a slide slot seat which is adjustably fastened with the carpenter's plane and provided with a first fastening member, a fastening seat mounted on the slide slot seat, a lock rod located at the side of the fastening seat and provided with a second fastening member, an angle adjusting member pivoted to the fastening seat, a grid plate pivoted to other side of the angle adjusting member and fastened with one end of the lock rod, and a fastening member having a first fastening portion which is connected with the first fastening member, and a second fastening portion which is connected with the second fastening member.

Abstract: A workpiece indexing and clamping system for machining the workpiece. Spherical or narrow cylindrical heads of index pins extend from holes in a base plate into workpiece holes to align and index the workpiece. The pin portions in the base plate holes can be expanded to lock them to the base plate. Each pin has relief flats parallel to the pin axis. Clamps engage workpiece edges with thread-like angled grooves on a cam surface to force workpiece edges against the base plate during machining of the workpiece. A central clamp has a pin extending from the base plate into a workpiece hole. Angled grooves in a cam surface are brought into contact with the hole sides to force the workpiece toward the base plate and hold the central area in place during machining.

Abstract: An elevation fixture for supporting a workpiece on the work supporting table of a machine tool. The fixture includes a pair of flanged support beams, each of which has a transverse groove at the bottom of the beam. The fixture also includes a key for each beam which fits into one of the inverted T-shaped keyways of the table and the transverse groove of the beam for locating the beam relative to the table. The fixture has a stop at one end for enabling a workpiece to be precisely positioned relative to the beams and to the table. Each beam has at least one upper horizontal flange for enabling the workpiece to be clamped to the beams. More specifically, each beam has at least one bottom horizontal flange which has a vertical slot. Each beam is secured to the work supporting table by a retaining nut which fits into the keyway of the work supporting table and a bolt which extend through the slot and is threaded into the retaining nut.

Abstract: A table for forming trusses that includes channels that do not unduly deform or bend during truss construction comprises: a support frame; first and second substantially horizontally-disposed elongate panels; a first channel having a generally horizontal floor and opposed side walls extending upwardly therefrom; and a locator stop. Each of the panels has an upper surface, a lower surface, and opposing lateral edge portions, and the panels are positioned so that their respective upper surfaces are substantially coplanar and so that a first of the lateral edge portions of the first panel is in adjacent, non-contacting relationship with a first of the lateral edge portions of the second panel, thereby forming a gap therebetween. One of the side walls of the channel supports the lower surface of the first panel, and the other of the side walls supports the lower surface of the second panel.

Abstract: The present invention involves both an apparatus and a method for handling and holding panels and other substrates for photolithographic exposures. In one of its aspects, the present invention comprises bi-modal vacuum cup-bellows devices which automatically retract behind (below) the surface of a chuck, and to remain so retracted at all times except when it is desired to draw a panel toward the chuck. The retraction eliminates interference with movements of the panel during snubbing. In another of its aspects, the present invention comprises registration (locator) pin mechanisms that incorporate bearings. The bearings both turn and move axially, and operate to prevent the panel edges from hanging thereon. In another of its aspects, the present invention comprises a hand-off vacuum cup-bellows device that clamps onto each panel as it comes from a robotic loader. Such device incorporates a lubricious cover that prevents rolling of the cup edges and that facilitates sliding of each panel during snubbing.

Abstract: The present invention provides a new and improved system for holding a metallic on non-metallic sheet work piece in place on the X- and Y- axes for use in connection with a semi-automatic fastener insertion machine. The system utilizes cantilevered support arms to hold the work piece in place between the upper and lower tooling of the insertion press allowing easy removal and repositioning of the work piece. The arms of the system may be retracted away from the tooling of the press making the tooling open and available for other uses. This flexibility allows the present system to be used to insert fasteners into one surface of an multi-surface sheet which may then be easily removed and repositioned to allow insertions into the remaining surface(s). In addition, instead of rigid clamps, the positioning system also uses a set of adjustable alignment pins (or an adjustable tray) which provide a variable amount of "float" in the location of the work piece relative to the tooling.

Abstract: The working bench has a bench face marked with parallel and equally spaced scales as checker. Each intersection point is formed with a through hole for fixing the alignment or the work piece so as to facilitate the cutting operation. The bench face is further formed with a dividing disc and a ruler with metric and British scales. The cutting rail alignment includes an engaging board, a clamp, a rail slat, a rail seat, lifting shafts and a rail seat support rod. The engaging board having a rotary shaft at one end for fitting into a central through hole of the dividing disc for selecting suitable direction. The clamp serves to clamp a free end of the engaging board so as to stably locate the engaging board by the selected direction. The width from the inner side of the saw blade of the circular saw to outer edge of the base of the circular saw is first measured and then the rail slat is fixed on the rail seat by the width.

Abstract: A seating tool 10 for installing connectors on a circuit board comprises a base plate 12, an alignment plate 40 and fasteners 60 to fasten them together at respective fastening locations. The alignment plate 40 has at least two connector alignment surfaces 42, 44 at different locations thereon and a set of at least two fastening locations 46, 48 associated with a respective alignment surface for securing the alignment plate 40 to the base plate 12 in at least two orientations relative to the base plate 12 to accommodate board-mounting of differing connectors having different dimensions of the posts from the front faces of the connectors.

Abstract: A router table sled for use with a router table and a router table fence includes an arm assembly that rides along the fence and a strut assembly that supports the workpiece. The arm assembly includes a slider that slides along an upper edge of the fence and an arm attached to an upper edge of the slide. The arm is usually in a position perpendicular to the slide. The arm is also coupled to a strut assembly that includes a main strut, and two additional struts located beneath the main strut. Each strut includes a longitudinally-centered T-shaped slot formed into top, front, and rear faces. The front faces of each strut lie substantially within the same plane. The two lower struts have opposing edges that are spaced a predetermined distance from each other. When a workpiece is clamped to the faces of the struts, an edge may be placed against the fence. The workpiece may then be moved across the router bit to produce a square cut.

Abstract: In order to improve a workpiece stop device for a machine tool, in particular, a sheet metal working machine, comprising a support frame, an adjustment carriage displaceable on the support frame in a stop direction and a stop element movable by the adjustment carriage, such that this is, from a constructional point of view, of as simple a design as possible and offers the possibility of making use of as large a stop area as possible it is suggested that the stop element have a stop arm which is provided with at least two stop surfaces arranged at a distance from one another in a stop direction, and that the stop element can be brought into a first position, in which a first stop surface arranged closest to the machine tool is in the active position, and can be brought into a second active position, in which a second stop surface is in the active position while the stop surfaces located on the machine tool side thereof are in the inactive position.

Abstract: A workbench for woodworking is composed of a foldable support frame for supporting the workbench on the floor of a work shop, a bench top supported on the support frame and composed of one fixed top plate and one movable top plate, a locating and holding set mounted on the bench top for holding and locating a work piece in accordance with the shape of the work piece, and a cutting set consisting of a locating seat, a rotary seat, a fastening bolt, a spring, and a hand saw capable of being actuated to swivel for an angle corresponding to a swiveling angle of the rotary seat which is caused to swivel along with the locating seat.

Abstract: A portable work bench includes a track having a structural body, and four collapsible legs for supporting the track in an elevated position above a surface. The work bench further includes a dual purpose accessory releasably attachable to the track. The dual purpose accessory has a body, a rail member for slidably mounting the body on the track so that the body is movable along the length of the track, a locking member for locking the body at a desired position along the length of the track, and a dual purpose accessory having two attaching formations for attaching the member to the body of the accessory in a first position in which the member supports an item placed thereon and in a second position in which the member engages the item. A tape measuring device having a case and a reeled tape can be secured to the body of the accessory such that tape is extended from the case and releasably attached to the primary accessory for measuring the cut off length of the item to be cut.

Abstract: A jig for forming multiple trusses at the same time is capable of clamping the trusses together to simultaneously adhere trimmable blocks to the truss so that the truss can be cut off to different lengths. The jig has floating spacers which translate forces applied to components of one truss on one side of the jig through all of the components of all other trusses in the jig. The same truss can be formed with different modular lengths by selection of a fixed dimension central opening and the number of web members to be used. All other dimensions of the web between upper and lower chords of the truss remain the same.

Abstract: A convertible woodworking jig comprising multiple components suited to making specialty woodcuts necessary for the manufacture of rails and stiles of cabinet door frames from standard milled wood stock. The jig has a base having a planar work surface, a first fence having a first straight edge, and a second fence with a second straight edge, between which edges a first cam assembly is medially positioned. The cam body is rotatably positionable for wedging a freely-positionable pressure block tight against a work piece, which is selectively positioned against one of either the first straight edge or the second straight edge. The work piece being so secured, a biscuit slot may be cut into the mitered end by use of a guide assembly disposed at an operative end of the second fence, which assembly closely guides a hand-held, power cutting tool at a predetermined angle formed relative to the plane of said second straight edge.

Abstract: A table for forming trusses comprises a support frame and first and second substantially horizontally-disposed elongate panels wherein each of the panels has an upper surface, a lower surface, and opposing lateral edge portions with a gap being formed between the panels. A first channel is also included and has a generally horizontal floor and opposed side walls extending upwardly therefrom. One of the side walls supports the lower surface of the first panel, and the other of the side walls supports the second panel. The floor is supported by the frame and is positioned beneath the gap. The table also includes magnetic positioning indicia mechanism located within the channel and magnetically attached to the first channel floor.

Abstract: A router table fence having three nesting aluminum extrusions or spars, two of which lie under a longer third spar. By positioning the inner ends of the two lower spars adjacent to a router cutter protruding through a router table, it is possible to provide a fence, particularly when the lower spars are used with wood facings or sub-fences, that can be adjusted to closely surround the cutter. Lateral movement of the fence assembly adjusts the amount of cutter that contacts a workpiece manipulated past the cutter while contacting the fence. The cross sectional shapes of the spars are identical and are generally square, with structure that permits the upper, longer spar to rest on top of, and be attached in a manner permitting it to slide against, the lower two spars. T-shaped slots in each face of the spars accept fasteners that connect the spars together and also accept fasteners for a variety of accessories, such as hold-down devices and shields.

Abstract: A woodworking machinery jig and fixture system includes an L-shaped track which can be attached to a separate wood fence, a miter head, an auxiliary table or other workpiece support of woodworking machinery such as a table saw, a band saw, radial arm saw, miter saw, a drill press or a router table. Two T-slots are formed in the top of the track, two are formed in the front, and one is formed in the back. A flip stop can be adjustably mounted in either of the two top T-slots, a wood fence can be secured in the front T-slots and the rear T-slot can be used to mount the track to a miter head, fence of a miter saw, or other work guide. Two sections of track can be connected with a connector set, and a lower end cap is used to support the workpiece next to the cutting tool. A miter guide with a 360.degree. adjustable head can be used to mount a section of track and the track to mount stops for clamping a workpiece between them for cutting tapers.