Abstract: A machine is provided for cutting rod-like material traversely to its longitudinal axis. The machine comprises means for feeding the material, means for cutting a portion off the rod-like material; brake means, which are located in the vicinity of the cutting means, for guiding and braking the rod-like material in the vicinity of the cutting means; wherein the brake means comprises a housing which includes two radially movable jaws and a flexible hose surrounding the jaws for frictionally engaging the material as it is being fed by the feeding means to guide the material in the vicinity of the cutting means.

Abstract: An upright rectangular frame has a roller conveyor in its lower horizontal member, carries hydraulically operated clamps on its upright members, and movably supports a carrier for a tilting circular saw on its upper horizontal member. A panel of plywood and the like can be cut horizontally into two sections while the lower edge of the lower section rests on the roller conveyor and the upper section is clamped to the frame. The lower section may then be shifted horizontally on the roller conveyor in the original plane of the panel and further divided into parts by vertical saw cuts, whereupon the upper panel section is lowered to the roller conveyor, and the procedure is repeated until the panel is entirely divided into portions of desired size.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a construction of a horizontal band sawing machine which is particularly suited for the cutting of materials having at least one web portion and a flange portion, such as L-shaped steel sections.In a horizontal band sawing machine including a housing which is pivotally connected at one end thereof, the construction achieves a structural advantage by involving a plurality of portions where the housing is pivotally connected while a stock vice mechanism is provided to the construction which is capable of holding such a steel material as L-shaped steel not only from the left and right sides thereof, but also from above and below.