Abstract: The band saw stand presented herein comprises a base and a pair of vertical support member for maintaining a portable band saw in a secure upright position. A worktable and guide are attachable to the saw stand whereby the device can be quickly assembled and disassembled as required at a job site and in use allows the operator freedom of both hands to guide a workpiece for cutting accuracy.

Abstract: Bench tool mounting apparatus has a single rectangular outer part for fixing to a work bench work station and that defines three interior three-dimensional orthogonally contiguous marginal areas adjacent three outer part sides and center openings on a fourth side. There are also a plurality of inner identical parts, each for having a bench tool fixed thereon and each defining three three-dimensional marginal projections adapted for each to slidably engage in the marginal areas of the single outer part through the center openings thereof and thereby securely mount a bench tool on the work bench. A pair of bolts engage respectively in vertically aligned and spaced-apart bolt holes defined through an inner part marginal projection and an outer part defining an adjacent marginal area to lock the inner and outer parts together.

Abstract: A portable bandsaw mill, readily made sufficiently light in weight to be carried by two people, having a saw unit supported on rollers, so that the saw unit can be readily guided and the cut controlled and adjusted manually. A ground-supported support frame or unit provides guide tracks spaced apart on opposite sides of a log or other workpiece, on which the saw unit can be rollingly advanced. The ends of the guide tracks are supported in end frames by structure enabling the levels of the guide tracks to be conveniently adjusted for successively lower passes of the saw unit through the log. Guide beam ends are capable of independent adjustment to accommodate differences in level between the four corners of the support unit. A manually advanced rolling saw head of the saw unit includes two bandsaw pulleys, each having a bandsaw blade entrained thereon, one being an idler pulley and the other a drive pulley.

Abstract: A portable, frameless, self-supporting guide for circular power saws comprises an elongated base plate affixed to a single L-shaped bar on one side and to a strip on the other side thereof. A pair of parallel cross rails is fixedly disposed above the base plate for slidable movement of a power saw thereby producing true right angle cuts or mited cuts in a workpiece in a safe and efficient manner.

Abstract: A shearing apparatus for performing several modes of operation on travelling or stationary material. Two cooperative knife drums, which can be rendered rotatable or non-rotatable, form a gap whose spacing is varied by hydraulic piston cylinder assemblies, one mounted on opposed ends of the upper or bottom drum. The adjustable knife drum is held in a parallel or non-parallel positioning or caused to rock with or without additional high frequency oscillations by controlling and regulating the pressure in the cylinders, while simultaneously moving the upper drum towards the lower drum and/or rotating both drums.

Abstract: An adapter for use with circular saws to provide a ready cut-off or "chop saw" capability. The adapter is comprised of a flat base having adjustable jaws for gripping of bar stock. Hinged to the flat base is a clamping plate for clamping a circular saw to support it in an arc-like movement from a rest position to an operative cut-off position. The clamping plate has a deep groove receiving a base of the circular saw which may be readily clamped therein.

Abstract: A chain saw attachment for mounting a chain saw used to cut reclined logs lengthwise includes a substantially right parallelepiped frame which straddles but does not contact the log. The frame is supported by a supporting surface independent of the log and cooperates with mounting means for rigidly mounting the chain saw in a cutting position. The frame is mounted on feet which permit the frame to be slid along the supporting surface, typically the ground. The mounting means includes two sets of clamping members for gripping opposite ends of a saw bar of the chain saw. Each set is supported by a vertical chain saw support member that is vertically adjustable to vary the level of the chain saw's cutting plane relative to the log. Each chain saw support member mounts a nut that is engaged by a threaded rod, rotation of which causes the chain saw support member and hence gripped chain saw to move vertically. Both threaded rods mount respective sprockets which are interconnected by a drive chain.

Abstract: A workbench has a cast metal top part having a through aperture into which a variety of tool-carrying adaptor plates can be closely fitted and secured so that cutting elements of the tools project upwardly of the surfaces of the adaptor plates, these surfaces being co-planar with an upper support surface of the top part. The top part also includes provision for mounting a variety of tool holding devices, and further includes clamping rails to which a variety of accessories may be secured.

Abstract: A board saw exhibits a frame on which a guide beam is horizontally slidable. A sawing unit is mounted with vertical mobility on the guide beam and is connected by a cable to a compensating weight. In order to absorb the reaction forces generated by the saw reliably in the immediate sawing region, a horizontal support beam is mounted for vertical displacement and likewise connected by a cable to a compensating weight. The installation is preferably wired so that the support beam follows automatically to the level of the saw blade when the sawing unit is pivoted into the horizontal cutting position.For an accident-proof support of the board (P), a row of support arms is provided on the upper girder of the frame and also on the movable support beam, and these support arms are arranged staggered so that when the support beam is raised they interlace comb fashion and ensure a correct accident-proof support of the board.

Abstract: A versatile router guide apparatus or kit is disclosed comprising a pair of side rails and a pair of headpieces, which may be releasably secured together to form a "modified box type" router guide. When so secured the guide may be clamped to a workpiece between the headpieces and a router moved in the guide to form transverse dadoes or cuts therein. Bridges are also provided that may be temporarily fixed across the rails at strategic positions therealong, and projecting router stops attached to headpieces so that precise interrupted cuts or dadoes can be made in the workpiece. Further, the router may be releasably positioned within the guide, at one location relative to the guide and the guide unclamped and moved longitudinally along the workpiece to make longitudinal cuts or grooves therein.

Abstract: A router attachment assembly is described herein which includes a pair of guide rails between which a router carriage assembly moves. A router is attached within the carriage assembly and the assembly includes mechanisms for lowering and raising the router carriage assembly to allow the router to perform desired cuts on a workpiece positioned beneath the guide rails. The carriage assembly itself rides directly on workpiece and is guided by the guide rails. Front stop and back stop means are included which can limit the movement of the carriage assembly along the guide rails to desired positions. The stop means further includes vertical edges against which the carriage assembly rests to cause the raising and lowering of the router to be perfectly vertical. The attachment further includes a pair of clamping rails positioned below the rails to clamp the workpiece in position or to define a path for moving the workpiece relative to a stationary positioned router.

Abstract: An attachment for greatly increasing the versatility of a conventional chain saw is capable of being mounted to a wide variety of chain saw models. The attachment is mounted to the chain saw in place of the usual chain bar. The attachment includes a rotatable spindle which may be driven through a roller chain or a V-belt drive. The spindle is adapted to drive tools such as abrasive wheels and drills. The attachment includes a housing which pilots and holds such equipment as water pumps, the impellers of which are rotated by the attachment spindle. The invention includes a sliding guard to which is mounted a chain tightening device. The guard is secured at a location which depends on the chain saw housing size so as to permit the adjustment device to bear against the chain saw housing, thereby imparting controlled tension to the driving chain or belt.

Abstract: A follower guide for a sabre saw blade stabilizes the unsupported end portion of the blade during cutting operations, assuring a clean precision cut through the workpiece. Twisting, bending and other misalignment of the saw blade is eliminated. The follower guide is spring-urged into engagement with the saw blade and is constructed to coact with all standard sabre saw blades without requiring any modification thereof. The follower guide can be installed readily on various types of saw tables or platforms.

Abstract: An attachment for a chain saw has a bracket to be bolted to the cutting bar of the saw so that a pivot arm extends on either side of the bracket providing a multi-purpose safety bar for the saw. The pivot arm fits in a support frame enabling the saw to be used for cross-cutting, ripping, or radial cuts.

Abstract: The chain saw wood cutting apparatus disclosed is used for supporting a chain saw so that it may easily be swung by its handle between raised and lowered positions, for the purpose of cutting a log supported beneath into stove length sections.

Abstract: The woodworking device is of the type having a base; a horizontally extending support frame carried by the base; and a drive motor mounted on the support frame for being adjustably moved to and maintained at selected positions along said horizontally extending support frame. The drivew motor has a rotatable drive shaft extending generally horizontally. The machine has an accessory seat carried by the base for receiving thereon various woodworking tools or accessories. The carving adapter comprises a mounting platform for being carried by the accessory seat; bearing means carried by said mounting platform; an elongate rotatable shaft having a first portion extending from one end thereof to a medial location in the shaft and a second portion extending from the medial location to the other end thereof.

Abstract: A portable sawing device having a frame attachable by clamping means against the underside of a workpiece support bench. A portable circular power saw is supported on and engaged by an adapter plate hinged to a bearing plate at the forward part of a supporting arm. The adapter plate with the saw is movable about the horizontal hinge axis, between a lowered cutting position and a raised, tilted-up, non-cutting position, and is spring biased upwardly. The supporting arm comprises two concentric telescoped cylinders: the inner, bearing the saw, is rotatable within the outer and lockable thereto for bevel cutting; the outer is cantilevered forwardly from a support column vertically disposed behind the bench. The column is carried by a horizontal cross member secured between the ends of two parallel rods horizontally and forwardly disposed beneath the frame and slidably mounted in sleeves which are secured to a plate rotatably and lockably attached to the frame.

Abstract: A chain saw cutting table comprising a chain saw support table assembly, removable front and rear leg assemblies for the support table assembly, an adjustable chain saw bar support assembly operatively positioned on the support table assembly and a trigger/switch assembly to activate a chain saw secured to the support table assembly and having a connection to the front leg assembly.

Abstract: A portable saw mill apparatus includes a frame carrying supporting wheels, outriggers and a trailer hitch. A horizontal, unitized tubular track is secured to the frame and a carriage is moveable along said track. Mounted on the carriage is a horizontal, cantilevered band saw which is moveable vertically. Logs are received on support members secured to the frame, and the band saw is moved longitudinally of the frame to make successive cuts of the saw. Lowering of the band saw between successive passes provides for spacing of the cuts of the log. A single lever control enables the operator to positively engage or brake the band saw, and also to control the engine throttle.

Abstract: A radial arm assembly for mounting a power saw, the assembly comprising: a horizontally disposed base frame; two vertically oriented mounting posts disposed at opposite sides of an edge of the base frame; a cross-bar horizontally mounted on the posts at opposite ends of the cross-bar; an arm for supporting the saw, the arm being attached to the cross-bar substantially centered between the ends, the arm adapted to rotate over the base frame about a vertical axis, the arm comprising a guideway along substantially all of the arm; and, the saw being mounted on the arm and adapted to translate along the guideway, a blade of the saw being moveable with the saw along said guideway, unobstructed by either of the posts, and to and from a position substantially beneath the vertical axis, whereby cuts substantially corresponding to the full length of the arm may be effected.

Abstract: A chain saw mounting assembly wherein a chain saw is pivotally mounted at the motor housing end, on a support frame, for pivotal movement in the cutting plane of the saw blade. A throttle actuator on the assembly regulates the speed of the cutting chain between idling speed, when the saw is in its inoperative pivoted position, and an accelerated cutting speed when the saw is in its pivoted operating position. The device is adaptable for mounting on a workpiece supporting table.

Abstract: On a woodworking machine having an arbor whose position can be adjusted from the horizontal to the vertical and which carries tools such as a circular saw blade, milling tool, planers, drill attachments, etc., the worktable is divided into sections, wherein the section proximate the slot for the circular saw blade is adjustable in a direction parallel to the circular saw blade and in a direction at right angles thereto. The table section is also reversible and suitably formed for woodworking operations carried out with a vertically-oriented arbor.

Abstract: Tile cutting apparatus having a work table to support a tile and support means for a cut-off saw, wherein the support means comprises a cantilever arm extending upwardly from one side of the table and then across part of the table, the arm being mounted on a carriage running in a downwardly facing track beneath the table.

Abstract: A throttle actuating mechanism is employed in conjunction with a chain saw which has a trigger and is mounted for pivotal movement about a rotary axis from a rest position toward a workpiece. The mechanism includes a lever pivoted coaxially with the rotary axis of the chain saw and carrying an adjustable pin. The pin is engaged by the chain saw trigger when the chain saw is pivoted toward the workpiece, whereby the lever pivots in a first direction along with the lever. A spring yieldably opposes pivotal movement of the lever in the first direction, thereby causing the pin to actuate the trigger when the chain saw leaves its rest position. The lever engages a stop while pivoting in the opposite direction and before the chain saw reaches its rest position, whereby the trigger is deactivated when the chain saw is in its rest position.

Abstract: A saw mechanism comprises a work support, a round table rotatably carried on said work support, and a pivot support carried by the table. A guide is mounted on the pivot support for pivotal movement and includes a pair of parallel rods. A saw includes a saw housing and a motor driven blade on the housing. The housing has a pair of passages which slidably receive the rods so that the housing can be adjusted relative to and along the rods.

Abstract: A stamping and bending machine, having modular structure, comprises a drive unit, a pull-in feed system, a stamping press and one or several bending appliances are disclosed. Every bending appliance comprises one top and one bottom box of oblong shape forming a closed frame thanks to spacing elements. Within every box, there are two drive shafts which actuate bending attachments provided on the front and rear faces of the top as well as of the bottom boxes. The drive shafts of stamping press and of all bending appliances are coupled frontally. The shafts will all be driven at the same high speed, stepping down being performed not earlier than at a take-off gearing comprised in any bending attachment.

Abstract: A bench having a horizontal working surface and a fence at the rear edge which defines a straight edge. The fence includes a forwardly extending ledge which overhangs the rear portion of the working surface. The working surface can be raised and lowered, so that a workpiece on the working surface can be releasably clamped between the ledge and the working surface. A bridge is secured to the fence and includes guide rails extending forwardly accurately perpendicular to the fence to guide a carriage on which can be mounted a power tool, such as a router, e.g. to form an accurate edge on the workpiece.

Abstract: A multiple stroke shear for cutting bar stock and like workpieces incorporates a pair of hinged jaws with opposed cutting blades mounted thereon. A control assembly mounted in the jaws interconnects the jaws to control the position of the cutting blades relative to one another and applies the cutting force between the cutting blades when successively activated by an operating lever attached to the control assembly in the upper jaw. The control assembly includes provision for maintaining contact with a workpiece between successive cutting strokes. In one embodiment, a handle attached to the lower jaw is used with the operating lever to control and operate the shear manually at the worksite. In a second embodiment, a bracket replaces the handle to attach the shear to a fixed support.

Abstract: A guide to be clamped on a door or similar object to guide a portable circular saw to insure accurate cuts. The guide has an elongated, rigid member having a block pivotally attached at one end. The object to be cut with the saw is clamped between that block and a second pivoting block slidably secured to the member. An eccentric device including a cam cooperates with a lost motion coupling for the second block to permit rapid initial installation of the guide followed by an increase in the clamping force to secure the guide in place. An elongated rib on the guide serves to stabilize the saw as the cut is made and the saw base slides along a planar portion of the guide member protecting the object from damage during the sawing operation.

Abstract: A device for making miter cuts in workpieces includes a saw guide pivoted to either a bottom surface B or a top surface A of a board. The saw guide includes two plates spaced above the board surfaces by a pivot assembly and a swing assembly. Almost any commercially available circular power saw may be accommodated by placing the saw base on the plates, positioning the saw blade within alignment slots in the assemblies, and adjusting rails on the plates against the saw base. A keeper on one of the rails prevents the saw from jumping out of the saw guide. When the rails are properly adjusted, the circular saw blade will travel along a saw line between the plates from alignment slot to alignment slot. The top surface A of the board has a straight edged backup adjacent a planar work area. 90.degree. and 45.degree. stops on the top surface reliably and accurately position the saw line normal to or at a 45.degree. angle to the straight edge and aligned with 90.degree. and 45.degree. slots in the backup.

Abstract: A saw table for a compass saw formed particularly as a hand-held power tool, has a table plate extending so that a compass saw is located under the table plate and a saw blade extends upwardly beyond the table plate and a protecting element associated with the table plate and arranged so that from a space above the table plate the protecting element overlaps the saw blade.

Abstract: A control and guidance apparatus for use with a powered saw comprising a pair of parallel elongated rail members telescopically adjustable for defining a cutting path for said saw, a carriage supporting said saw and slidably mounted on the rail members for independent movement therealong and with a saw mount opening in the surface of the carriage, a third elongated rail member substantially parallel to the pair of elongated rail members, guide members mounted to the distal end of each of the parallel elongated rail members for slidably engaging the third elongated rail member, and a cord member connected to the distal end of each of the pair of elongated rail members and provided through a series of pulleys and wound about a spool for imparting arcuate movement to the pair of elongated rail members whereby the pair of elongated members telescopically lengthen as a function of the rotation of the spool.

Abstract: A device for cutting blocks including a flat plate having an upward extending saw guide at one end and a fixed flange at the other with the distance between the saw guide and the flange being the length of a standard block, the device also including an adapter with a flange that is positionable between the first flange and the saw quide a distance preset for cutting another standard size block.

Abstract: A work table for a saw includes a pair of parallel spaced apart horizontally extending guide channels, each guide channel having a vertical web and upper and lower horizontal flanges, the open sides of the channels facing one another; a saw support plate having two pairs of runners for supporting the saw support plate, one pair of runners at one end of the plate and projecting outwardly from the sides of the plate and the other pair of runners at the other end of the plate and projecting outwardly from the sides of the plate. The runners are received within the channels to support the saw support plate in a horizontal plane and the saw support plate is movable in a horizontal plane. The guide channels are provided with apertures in their upper flanges through which the runners may pass, whereby a pair of runners may be lifted from the channels to rotate the saw support in a vertical plane to invert the saw plate and then the runners may be reengaged with the channels.

Abstract: A portable radial arm saw having a base for attachment to a work table, a post mounted to the base and carrying horizontally oriented rails for adjustable vertical movement. The rails support a carriage from which is suspended a circular saw. Interconnections between the carriage and the circular saw enable movement of the saw about both horizontal and vertical axes. Such interconnections include a bracket extending across the circular saw motor for attachment to forward structure of the circular saw base plate, a rearward portion of the bracket extending downwardly and rearwardly between the handle and safety guard of the saw for attachment to rearward structure of the saw base plate. Various embodiments of the bracket adapt the bracket for attachment to many types of portable circular saws.

Abstract: A table for supporting and guiding diverse portable power tools with precision and safety is disclosed. In one mode of use with a sabre saw, adjustable guide rails for the saw have free-floating engagement with locator posts on the table and rest directly on the workpiece which is being cut. The guide rails at one end can be raised or lowered for precise leveling and locked in the chosen position. Very smooth cutting by the sabre saw is enabled without chattering of the workpiece. In another form of the table there is a second mode of use with a circular saw or router, the guide rails are supported at a fixed height atop the locator posts and above the top surface of the workpiece resting on the table. A workpiece protractor guide on the table enables various cutting angles. Precision cutting of cove molding by a sabre or circular saw is possible by proper angular adjustment of the protractor guide and saw blade.

Abstract: A metal forming tool having a reciprocal ram carrying tubular beam to which is attached a metal plate upon which workpiece holders are mounted, the tubular beam having a pivotal support to allow the tool to be pivoted between a vertical position in which the ram reciprocates vertically and a horizontal position in which the ram reciprocates horizontally. The workpiece holders are independently and detachably secured to the work platform by means located behind the workpiece holders on a line parallel to the line of movement of the ram, so that the tool performs both press and bending functions, and also workpieces with severe or multiple bends can be formed or straightened without excess obstruction by the securing means.

Abstract: An adapter which is double L-shaped with a horizontal portion joining the tops of the upright portions of the L's together, the horizontal portions of the L's being directed in opposite directions, enables each of a plurality of tools to be connected via upper and lower clamps, one at a time, to a specially constructed multi-compartment cabinet having adjustable shelves, the adapter, upper and lower clamps and all other parts necessary to place the tool in a working position on the cabinet being available separately for assembly from a kit.

Abstract: A microtome actuable both manually and by a motor, with a single coupling element, whereby rotation of the hand wheel when the motor drive is engaged and thus the risk of injury by the manual grip are excluded. The coupling element is located in the hand wheel and is capable of locking in two positions by means of pulling and rotating, the respective positions establishing the manual or motor drive mode. The drive mode is made readily apparent from the outside by means of symbols. In the hand wheel, an equalizing weight for the object carriage is provided.

Abstract: The disclosure is of a guide which may be fitted to the cutting bar of a hand-held chainsaw, in such a manner that the chainsaw and guide may be used together for the purpose of sawing dimensioned lumber from logs. The guide is adaptable to any chainsaw of the hand-held variety. The advantages of the milling guide of the invention resides in its ability to guide the kerf of the chainsaw with relative ease, and its ability to provide leverage support to help press the cutting teeth of the chainsaw into the log, and its simplicity of operation and portability compared to other devices of this type.

Abstract: A mounting for use on a radial arm saw for use in cutting an accurate mortise. The chain saw is mounted on a bar adjustably attached to a plate which in turn has a bracket for clamping onto the housing of a motor of a radial arm saw. A drive for the chain saw is provided and which is driven by the motor of the radial arm saw.

Abstract: A woodworking bench for the precision cutting of workpieces includes a table top pivotally mounted on a frame and a saw support assembly mounted on one side of the table top. The support assembly includes a pair of guide arms for slidably receiving a portable circular power saw so that the saw blade may be moved across the workpiece to operate as a radial saw. The guide arms are pivotally mounted about a vertical axis in a cantilevered construction so that miter cuts may be made, and the arms may be moved up and down to vary the depth of the cut of the saw blade. A saw lock for locking the saw in a fixed position on the guide arms is also provided so that the table top may be flipped and converted to a table saw whereby a workpiece may be moved across the blade.

Abstract: A miter saw guide for making miter cuts on a workpiece comprising an upright rectangular stand supporting a pair of horizontal plates at its respective end portions. An upright bridge assembly transversely spans the frame between the plates and defines a workpiece travel path. A track assembly extends longitudinally of the frame between the bridge and workpiece path and overlies the plates at its respective end portions. Turntable bearing means connect the track assembly to the bridge and forms a vertical axis for horizontal pivoting movement of the track assembly in opposing directions. A cradle is supported by the track assembly for to and fro longitudinal movement. At least one electric miter hand saw is secured to the saw cradle with its cutting blade intersecting the workpiece path during cradle movement.

Abstract: A device for facilitating the cutting of glass into a plurality of similarly sized shapes, such device comprising a frame member having a longitudinally extending base member which is pivotally mounted on a relatively flat working surface; and affixed at the end of the longitudinally extending base member, which is opposite to the end which is pivotally mounted, is a longitudinally extending connecting bar, disposed generally perpendicular to the base member. Moreover, the upper part of the connecting bar member is affixed to a longitudinal slide member, with the connecting bar and the slide member all lying in the same horizontal plane which is disposed parallel and adjacent the working surface. Integrally affixed into the working surface is a depressed arcuate guide, such arc guide being adapted to receive in sliding fashion therein a portion of the bottom of the slide member.

Abstract: An improvement is set out in a table saw arrangement (10) which includes a generally vertically oriented generally circular rotatable saw blade (12) extending upwardly through a slot (14) in a work table (16), which work table has a fence (24) generally parallel to the slot (14), which fence is adjustably positionable on the table in parallel relationship to the slot (14). A leaf (36) is attachable against an edge (18) of the table (16) which is parallel to the slot (14). The leaf (36) has an opening (40) and a skirt defined by peripheral portions (44,46,48 and 50). One edge of the leaf (36) can be fastened against the edge (18) of the work table (16). An adapter plate (76) is mountable beneath the leaf (36) and is also mountable to any of a number of power tools. The adaptor plate (76) is also mountable via spacers to the leaf (36).

Abstract: A router guide for a router comprising first and second spaced-apart end supports adapted to be removably positioned on spaced-apart supporting surfaces. First and second support members are secured to and extend between the ends of the first and second supports and have an elongated router track slidably mounted thereon and extending therebetween. The router track comprises elongated spaced-apart angle members adapted to receive and support the router base. The angle members are spaced-apart to define an elongated opening extending therebetween adapted to receive the power shaft of the router extending downwardly therethrough. The support members are selectively vertically and horizontally mounted on the end supports. The router track may be selectively moved between the end supports and the router may be selectively moved between the ends of the router track to level a large slab of wood.

Abstract: A portable circular saw has a saw-blade compartment for accommodating a circular saw-blade, a motor compartment secured to the saw-blade compartment and projecting transversely therefrom away from the saw-blade, a rear handle extending rearwardly from the saw-blade compartment, and a forward handle connected to the saw-blade compartment and projecting transversely therefrom away from the saw-blade. The forward handle is hollow and defines a passageway therein which is in communication with the interior of the saw-blade compartment and is also adapted to be connected to a vacuum system, whereby this forward handle forms part of a sawdust removal system. Preferably, a strut forms part of and connects the forward handle to the motor compartment thereby defining a closed handle. The passageway in the forward handle is preferably connected to a fan in the motor compartment, but may be connected to an external source of vacuum.

Abstract: A shearing machine for shearing sheet material, comprises a body (1) and to co-operating shearing wheels (5, 6) between whose shearing edges (41, 42) the sheet is cut. The stand (1) comprises a first part (2) and a second part (3), which are laterally offset from one another, and an intermediate horizontal connecting part (4). The shearing wheels (5, 6) are axially offset from one another and have their shearing edges (41, 42) in tangential contact with one another. The intermediate horizontal stand part (4) forms a wedge-shaped deflector and has its leading edge (27) disposed in line with and at a distance from the nip (28) between the shearing wheels (5, 6). The shearing machine is free from structural elements on either side of the shearing wheels (5, 6), thus enabling sheet of any width to be cut.

Abstract: A guide table for diverse power woodworking tools includes a pair of laterally relatively adjustable power tool guide rails. Ripping of lumber by means of a sabre saw is enabled by the addition to the table of a sabre saw blade guide slot perpendicular to the guide rails, the provision of a precision adjustable lumber guide on the table parallel to the sabre saw guide slot and the provision on one guide rail of a quick attachable and removable locator device for the sole plate of a sabre saw which requires only an initial adjustment to allow subsequent usage with the same sabre saw. An adjustable lumber hold-down element is provided on one guide rail of the table.

Abstract: A sawing device for translating the shape on a template to an accompanying sawing blade which gauges the workpiece to cut the workpiece in the desired shape and includes a table which detachably supports a pattern or template. The template is securable at one edge of the table surface. A track is supported at opposite edges of the table in a carriage assembly. The carriage assembly permits the entire track assembly to be moved in the X-X axis or longitudinally along the table. The carriage comprises a cylindrical sleeve secured to the end of the track which receives a longitudinal rod mounted to the table by appropriate brackets. The track defines a groove and supports a motor. The motor has a lip engaging the groove so the motor may be moved in the Y-Y axis or transversely of the table. The motor drives a vibrating or oscillatory blade which depends from the motor through the slot. The guide member also depends from the motor and is received in a groove in the subjacent template.