Abstract: A folding stand (1) for a cross-cut saw or the like, has an elongate carrying body (4) for a cross-cut saw, at the ends of which two legs (3) are hinged. The legs pivot from a storage position, in which they are placed parallel to the carrying body (4), into an operating position, in which they are placed in a trapezoidal position relative to each other. The cross-cut saw is detachably fixed to the carrying body (4). The carrying body (4) is configured as a frame (4), while the fixing device forms brackets (5, 5?, 5?) interacting with the frame.

Abstract: Herein described is a quick assembling disassembling and movement mechanism for a component of a food slicing machine (10) of the type comprising a framework (12) bearing a rotating blade (14), provided with a blade-cover (16) which extends for at least a part of the circumferential edge of the blade (14), a moveable flap (18) and guide means (20) for a carriage (22). The carriage (22) is made up of a product-bearing plate (24), a support arm (26), constrained in a sliding manner against the guide means (20), and a cover-plate (28) sliding over the product-bearing plate (24) in an orthogonal direction with respect to the moveable flap (18).

Abstract: Cutting device, arranged for cutting straight cuts along a cutting line (AB) in a planar, extended blank, said cutting device having fixing members for fixing the cutting device to the blank before a cut, cutting members, having a straight ruler and a cutting head for making the cut, and displacement members, being arranged for enabling displacement of the cutting device across the blank between two successive cuts. The displacement members allow transverse displacement as well as rotation of the cutting device in a plane being parallel to the plane of the blank.

Abstract: A mitering saw system for cutting/shaping various materials including stone and other materials is disclosed herein. The saw system includes a first support member and a second support member extending generally vertically. A bridge longitudinally extending between the first and the second support members is configured to pivot relative to the first and second support members. A rotational blade is mounted on a carriage that is movably disposed on the bridge, the carriage configured to move longitudinally along the bridge. The bridge of the mitering saw system includes a pivot axis that is eccentric with respect to the longitudinal center axis of the bridge.

Abstract: A combination power tool with a machine base, an independently operable portable circular saw, and a connection device set for fastening the portable circular saw to the machine base to form a miter saw. The portable circular saw has a power supply unit including a first power socket that is provided at the front side of the portable circular saw and selectively electrically connectable to the motor of the portable circular saw, a second power socket provided at the rear side of the portable circular saw and selectively electrically connectable to the motor of the portable circular saw, and a power cable for connecting an external power source to one of the first power socket and the second power socket.

Abstract: A fence mounting structure for circular saw, which includes a main fence, which is affixed to the base plate of the circular saw, a supplementary fence, which has a bottom rail inserted into a sliding groove in the main fence and a locating flange supported on the top side of the main fence, a holding down screw vertically fastened to the main fence and fastened tight to give a downward pressure to the locating flange of the supplementary fence after adjustment of the supplementary fence relative to the main fence, and a tightening up screw horizontally fastened to the main fence and fastened tight to give a forward pressure to a locating groove at the bottom rail of the supplementary fence in horizontal direction after adjustment of the supplementary fence relative to the main fence.

Abstract: The automatic cutting device which is put on a floor includes a base which can support a cutting member; a supporting member for a cutting blade, attaching a back end portion thereof to a part adjacent one end portion of a center part of the base, capable of rotating a tip portion thereof in a vertical direction; a cutting device, driving rotatably by a motor provided at a vertical rotatable part of the supporting member, capable of cutting the cutting member supported by the base by the cutting blade; and the sloping means which can incline the base corresponding to a slope of the cutting member supported by the base. Therefore, only one person can put the cutting member on the base at a closely contact and can operate to cut the cutting member without the length and weight of the cutting member.

Abstract: Woodworking machines are disclosed having cutting tools for cutting workpieces. The machines include a detection system adapted to detect one or more dangerous conditions between a person and the cutting tool. The machines also include at least one brake component adapted to engage and stop movement of the cutting tool, and an actuator adapted to move the brake component into contact with the cutting tool at a high acceleration when the detection system detects the dangerous condition between the person and the blade.

Abstract: A miter saw has a base assembly, a table assembly assembly rotatably attached to the base assembly, and a drive assembly pivotally attached to the table assembly. The drive assembly has a motor and a blade driven by the motor. The miter saw also has a fence assembly attached to the base assembly. The fence assembly has a workpiece supporting surface for supporting a workpiece and a movable member for moving the workpiece off the workpiece supporting surface.

Abstract: A table saw having various embodiments of a measurement and display system. Several embodiments have at least one fence rail on which a removable fence is movably supported and comprise an elongated sensor strip that is located adjacent the fence rail and a sensing unit that is supported and positioned adjacent to the sensor strip and is capable of providing an electrical signal to a display unit that is indicative of the position of the sensor unit relative to the elongated sensor strip. A processing unit is operatively connected to the sensing unit and display unit to provide a digital readout of the position of the sensing unit. A switch is connected to the processing unit and is adapted to provide a zero or reference setting position.

Abstract: An attachment assembly for mounting to a conventional bench saw having a frame, a work supporting table on the frame displaying an opening therethrough and a pair of longitudinal grooves on a top face thereof, a moveable structure mounted to the frame and carrying a power operated shaft. The attachment assembly includes a tool base detachably mounted to the top face of the table; releaseable securing means fixed in a pair of grooves connected to a tool base for mounting the tool base to the table; and a tool device mounted on the tool base including a tool shaft and transmission means operatively connecting the tool shaft to the power operated shaft whereby rotation of the power operated shaft is transmitted to the tool shaft for operation of the tool device.

Abstract: A mobile saw bench is designed for cutting elongate workpieces such as elongate open or closed steel sections. The mobile saw bench comprises a base structure which is mounted on four castor wheels. Formed continuous with the base structure is an intervening frame structure to which a benchtop is mounted. The saw is appropriately mounted to the benchtop to permit cutting of a workpiece which is located thereon. Importantly, the mobile saw bench further comprises a universal coupling. The universal coupling is mounted to an underside of the benchtop and is releasable clamped to an elongate member which is in the form of a rigid measuring staff. The universal coupling allows pivotal movement of the benchtop relative to the measuring staff which is stationary.

Abstract: A cabinet for supporting a platform for a power tool has a body constructed with three or more substantially vertical surfaces. One of the surfaces allows insertion of a removable dustbin. The removable dustbin may have a handle or recess to aid in insertion and removal and may have a window. One of the surfaces allows access to storage compartments, such as a blade/dado storage compartment, an inserts compartment, and a storage shelf compartment.

Abstract: A miter saw table support device includes a table having a panel and a plurality of legs that is are attached to and extend downwardly from the panel. Each of a pair of supports is attached to the top surface of the panel and are positioned adjacent to a front edge of the panel. The supports are spaced from each other such that a base of a miter saw may be selectively positionable between the supports. Each of a pair of guides is attached to one of the supports and extends outwardly away a respective one of the first and second side edges. The guides each have a break therein such that a first section and a second section of each of the guides are defined. Each of the first sections is hingedly coupled to a corresponding one of the second sections.

Abstract: A cutter device comprising a fixed blade and a movable blade is disclosed, the movable blade being opposed to the fixed blade and adapted to be displaced in such a manner that an engaging position thereof with the fixed blade shifts continuously. The cutter device is constructed so that the movable blade can be attached to and detached from a body of the device. Thus, attachment and detachment of the movable blade can be effected without requiring any troublesome work.

Abstract: An apparatus for supporting a molding article that is to be cut by a sawing device. The apparatus includes a bottom supporting surface having opposing front and rear edges and opposing first and second side edges. A first wall is included that is upstanding from the rear edge of the bottom supporting surface and substantially extends between the opposing first and second side edges of the bottom supporting surface. A second wall is upstanding from the bottom surface and at a location intermediate the first wall and the front edge of the bottom supporting surface. The second wall preferably extends between the opposing first and second side edges of the bottom supporting surface.

Abstract: A motorized woodworking tool is provided having a base with a metal top having a generally planar workpiece support surface. The workpiece support surface is coated with a fluoropolymer layer to provide a low friction, highly durable surface to support a workpiece to be cut.

Abstract: A workpiece support accessory in the form of a sloping extension panel is coupled for pivotal and horizontal displacement relative to a table-mounted power saw for supporting oversized stock. When an oversized piece of stock is cut, the extension panel prevents the workpiece from inadvertently falling or twisting. A horizontal roller at the delivery end of the workpiece support accessory reduces the friction between the oversized stock and work surface allowing for easy movement during the saw operation. The operator can adjust the horizontal placement of the workpiece support accessory, the slope angle of the extended support surface, the elevation of the horizontal roller and the separation between the horizontal roller and the delivery end of the extension panel.

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 circular power saw includes a saw base having a stand and a table on the stand, and a tool rack coupled to one side of the stand and turned between the open position and the close position for keeping tools.

Abstract: Apparatus includes a first member and a second member. The first member includes a first surface and the second member includes a driven member. The second member is movable relative to said first member between a first position and a second position, wherein the driven member is closer to the first surface in the second position than in the first position. The second member includes an inlet, an outlet, and an enclosed pathway between the inlet and the outlet. A collector is movably coupled to the second member at the inlet and communicates with the inlet.

Abstract: A positionable top for operatively positioning a power tool by adjusting the position of the top in relation to a frame. By utilizing multiple engaging slots on the frame and a matching projection on the square top, the top may be rotated, inverted, horizontally adjusted, and vertically positioned within a frame to support various portable power tools in a variety of positions. The power tools are locked to the top by clamps which utilize “T” shaped grooves as both clamp rails and miter guide grooves. An alternative embodiment includes an insert and an aperture top with vertical adjustment and a frictional engagement lock.

Abstract: A table saw includes two rail-supporting seats fixed on opposite side surfaces of a worktable. Each of the seats has front and rear limiting elements and a horizontal row of rollers. Two parallel sliding rails define two dovetail grooves to receive the rollers of the seats slidably to permit horizontal sliding movement of the sliding rails relative to the worktable while preventing transverse removal of the sliding rails from the seats. Each of the sliding rails is provided with front and rear stop elements that are in line with the limiting elements of the seats to limit movement of the sliding rails relative to the worktable between front and rear limit positions, thereby preventing axial removal of the sliding rails from the seats. A supporting rail has two ends connected fixedly to front ends of the sliding rails so that assembly of the supporting rail and the sliding rails is generally U-shaped.

Abstract: An apparatus for penetrating a sheet material web being carried on a fabric. The apparatus including a penetrating device and an air flow that separates a portion of the sheet material web from the fabric adjacent the penetrating device so as to bring the web into contact with the penetrating device. In one embodiment, a vacuum lifts a portion of the sheet material web into contact with a slitting member such that it continuously slits the sheet material web longitudinally along its length as the fabric carries the sheet material web beneath it. In an alternative embodiment, a pressurized air stream is directed to a bottom portion of the sheet material web so as to separate the web from the fabric.

Abstract: A portable sawmill is described that preferably includes a frame-mounted, elongate tub for surrounding a log, the frame mounting adjacent the base of the tub a lateral chain conveyor for rolling the log or advancing it laterally on a frame-mounted lift mechanism for elevating the log as it is ripped by an overhead set of circular saws. The circular saws are double-carriage mounted, with the carriages being a fixed elevation on the frame and with the main and secondary carriages being reciprocally positionable, respectively, along the length and width of the tub above the log. The circular saws preferably include one vertical-swath blade and two vertically separately elevation-adjustable horizontal-swath blades. To one side of the tub, and along the substantial length of the frame, are a plurality of retractable support arms mounted on the frame at a height approximately equal to the elevation of the lateral conveyor at the highest elevation of the lift mechanism.

Abstract: An apparatus for penetrating a sheet material web being carried on a fabric. The apparatus including a penetrating device and an air flow that separates a portion of the sheet material web from the fabric adjacent the penetrating device so as to bring the web into contact with the penetrating device. In one embodiment, a vacuum lifts a portion of the sheet material web into contact with a slitting member such that it continuously slits the sheet material web longitudinally along its length as the fabric carries the sheet material web beneath it. In an alternative embodiment, a pressurized air stream is directed to a bottom portion of the sheet material web so as to separate the web from the fabric.

Abstract: A saw system includes a support table (12) and a first elongate tower assembly (50) pivotally mounted relative to the table (12). A second elongate tower assembly (60) is also mounted for rotation relative to the table (12) and is spaced from the first tower assembly (50). The second tower assembly (60) is moveable towards and away from the tower (50) by roller wheels (42 and 43) which engage on guide rails (34 and 36) to enable the second tower assembly (60) to be moved. The second tower assembly (60) and the first tower assembly (50) are rotatable to set the tower assemblies at a predetermined angle with respect to the table (12) and carry saws for making a cut in the workpiece. Ram assemblies (130 and 160) on each tower enable movement of the workpiece downwardly relatively to the saws so that the workpiece is driven past the saws and cut by the saws.

Abstract: A workbench-based interchangeable power tool mounting and operating apparatus includes a workbench frame including a base supported on an upper portion of the frame, at least one main support pallet for mounting an electrically powered tool thereon, an electrical system including a first portion mounted on the main support pallet having a first electrical connector and a second portion mounted on the base and workbench frame having a second electrical connector for connection with an external electrical power source and being matable with the first electrical connector, and a pair of alignment members mounted on the base for receiving and supporting the main support pallet on the base and slidably guiding the main support pallet into and from an installed position on the upper base of the workbench frame in which the first electrical connector of the first portion of the electrical system is electrically mated with the second electrical connector of the second portion of the electrical system for electrically

Abstract: A saw table including a housing cabinet mounting a miter saw, with the mounting platform longitudinally aligned relative to the housing cabinet, with a top surface of the mounting platform positioned below a top surface of the housing cabinet, whereupon the mounting of a miter saw table thereto provides planar alignment of the top surface of the miter saw table relative to the top wall of the housing cabinet. The housing cabinet further is further provided with a plurality of compartments for the storage of various components associated with a sawing procedure. The mounting platform is provided with a rear abutment flange cooperative with forward clamp legs to secure the miter saw table relative to the mounting platform.

Abstract: This invention relates to a process and an apparatus for cutting and trimming printed circuit board workpieces, particularly printed multilayer circuit board workpieces, which are cut to an exactly predetermined, selectable size at high speed in an operation in which the workpieces are subjected only to relatively low stresses. The workpieces are cut and trimmed and are profiled at each of their edges in a single operation. This is accomplished by means of two circular sawblades, which extend in a common plane and have interdigitating sawteeth, which preferably have diamond cutting edges. The interdigitating sawteeth of the two sawblades cut into the workpiece from opposite broadsides and the sawteeth of each of the sawblades penetrate into the workpiece only in part of its thickness.

Abstract: A portable workbench for supporting a power tool above a support surface.

Abstract: An extension table for a machine tool of the type that includes a machine table that defines a reference plane includes a rigid, straight beam having a lower surface. A ledge is mounted to the lower surface of an outer portion of the beam to extend outwardly from at least one side of the beam, and this ledge defines a continuous upper surface which is substantially coplanar with the lower surface of the beam. The inner portion of the beam is mounted on the machine table with the beam positioned above the machine table such that the outer portion of the beam is cantilevered from the machine table with the lower surface of the beam substantially coplanar with the machine table. The outer portion of the beam is then supported against deflection by a support leg. The beam is sufficiently rigid to ensure that the upper surface of the ledge is substantially coplanar with the machine table.

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus to longitudinally cut a cord reinforced rubber sheet into at least two strips of tire ply stock while the sheet is being conveyed past the apparatus. The apparatus includes a slitting device that utilizes shear-type action to cut through the sheet by the interaction of rotating disc-like upper and lower slitters. The upper slitter is power driven while the lower slitter is rotated by frictional contact between the upper and lower slitter. The apparatus may include a trimming device for trimming a boundary strip of the sheet. The trimming device also utilizes shear-type action to trim the sheet by rotating disc-like upper and lower trimmers similar to the upper and lower disc-like slitters of the slitting device.

Abstract: An apparatus for slitting a web material to a desired width comprises a pair of movable frames each holding a pair of coacting upper and lower slitting edges, and a plurality of rotatable spacer rollers which are positionable selectively between the left and right slitting edges so as to support the web material being slit. The movable frames can be symmetrically moved toward and away from each other so as to adjust the distance between the left and right slitting edges to a desired width to which the web material is to be slit. In accordance with the adjusted distance, the rotatable spacer rollers can be posititioned selectively between the slitting edges, thereby supporting the web material over substantially its entire width.

Abstract: A saw apparatus for removing the wedges maintaining the winding coils in the slots of a generator, such as a hydroelectric generator, clamps to the grooves of the slot next to the slot containing the wedges to be removed. The apparatus includes a circular power saw for sawing the wedges in half, reducing the time required for the rewinding operation.

Abstract: A rotary shear attachment and tool for laminated plastic and other materials is disclosed. The shear attachment comprises a frame which is fixed to an existing motor case and has an upper and a lower portion spaced apart and separated by a central portion. Driving and cutting wheels are positioned on the frame and are rotatably mounted for cutting the plastic and other materials. A chip breaker is positioned on the frame to break up the chip formed by the shear attachment and the frame has means associated with it for diverting one side of the plastic being cut in a direction away from the plane of the other side of the plastic. The novel rotary shear attachment may be incorporated into an improved rotary tool, may be incorporated into existing rotary tools and may also be used with a novel table for cutting a large sheet of plastic at a job site.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for cutting a boiler tube-wall of a power generating station comprised of a plurality of generally parallel, vertical tubes welded together lengthwise, the method employing a guide having a pair of parallel guide rods interposed between a pair of securement devices for selectively, removably securing the guide to the tube-wall and a mount slidably mounted on the guide rods for movably supporting an actuatable tool for movement along the guide rods between the securement devices, the method comprising the steps of:(a) mounting a cutting tool to the mount;(b) removably securing the guide to a first location on one vertical surface of the tube-wall, the location being defined by a first line of cut to be made in the tube-wall;(c) actuating the cutting tool; and(d) moving the cutting tool along the guide rods between the securement devices and along the first cut line to cut through the tube-wall and any of the tubes therealong.

Abstract: An apparatus for trimming electrical component leads depending from a circuit board includes a plurality of cutters mounted on and spaced along a cutter mounting member supported on a frame supporting a drive motor operatively connected to the cutters for rotating same to trim electrical component leads depending from a circuit board as same is moved along a path structure supported by the frame and above the cutters. The drive motor and cutters are arranged in a pattern so that lead trimming occurs in a minimum area, length, or distance along the path 1. The cutters are adjustable vertically so that the cutters trim the leads at a predetermined spacing from a lower surface of the circuit board.

Abstract: In an electrically operable household appliance of the kind in which a detachable accessory, such as a vegetable cutter, is seated on the top of a base and includes a casing which contains working elements adapted to be coupled to the output shaft of an electric motor which is housed in the base and is controlled by a switch which is operable by a key situated in the top part of the base and is actuated by a push-button mounted on the accessory, the casing of the accessory is fixed to the base by at least one fastener comprising a hook which is articulated on the casing and has a hook portion arranged to come into engagement with the base, and the push-button is mounted on the hook.