Abstract: Apparatus usable in slicing food. The apparatus includes a cutting board, and a pair of laterally spaced side walls having formed therein a pair of laterally spaced guide slots for guiding a cutting blade in a planar region which extends to the surface of the cutting board and is perpendicular thereto. A support member having a pair of opposed parallel planar faces is mountable on the board in either of two orientations wherein one or the other of the faces confronts the planar region and is spaced therefrom a distance which is different in each orientation. A brace supportable on the board at an inclined position engages one side of a food article to be sliced, to clamp the same between the brace and the selected face of the support member.

Abstract: A cutter for the armor of a BX cable or the like wherein the cable to be cut is held firmly in a cable guide by a manually actuated cable clamp, the clamped cable being movable into armor-cutting engagement with a fixed power driven circular saw, and means for fine adjustment of the cable, clamp and saw being provided.

Abstract: A veneer edging jig for a table saw having a flat table with a vertical circular saw blade projecting upwardly through a slot thereof, and a groove parallel to the plane of the saw blade, the jig consisting of elongated upper and lower clamp plates adapted to grip a stack of veneer sheets therebetween with edges of the sheets to be trimmed projecting beyond a matching pair of longitudinal edges of the plates, and a rib carried by the lower plate and engageable in the table groove so that the plates may be moved over the table with its matching edges flush with the saw blade, and the projecting portions of the veneer sheets are accurately cut away.

Abstract: A device for cutting ovals or circles in sheet material. A baseboard is secured adjustably atop a parallel pair of base channels by a combination of screws and coil springs. A base plate secured to one end of the baseboard supports (1) a pair of swivel-mounted hold-down arms and hold-down pads having swivel-mounted, spring-urged pads; (2) a tee bar with a slidably mounted scaled flat shank portion and a crossbar with a center index line; and (3) an upright frame member. The upright frame member supports a horizontal frame member extending forward over the baseboard and having a pair of spaced-apart transverse guide bars with a longitudinal opening extending in between them. A circular disc is mounted for rotation by a handle, within and tangent to the transverse guide bars, and the disc has a slot extending radially from about the center out toward the circumference of the disc.

Abstract: A cutter for the armor of a BX cable or the like wherein the cable to be cut is held firmly in a cable guide by a manually actuated cable clamp, the clamped cable being movable into armor-cutting engagement with a fixed power driven circular saw.

Abstract: There is disclosed woodworking apparatus which is handpowered but permits accurate cuts by unskilled persons comparable to those which might be made by a radial arm or table saw. The apparatus includes a guide in which a handsaw is retained and restrained for cutting motion along the straight line, a supporting surface to support a workpiece in relation to the handsaw, and guides which co-operate with rulers to permit presetting of the apparatus for a desired cut, together with clamping devices which hold the workpiece to the table securely against the motion of the handsaw, at the same time avoiding interference of the clamps with the handsaw as it passes through the workpiece. The guide for the handsaw is formed of very rigid structural material such as steel angle iron which is faced with a plastic material of moderate hardness that resists abrasion or cutting by the handsaw to a considerable degree but is not so hard as to rapidly dull or distort the teeth of the handsaw.

Abstract: A shear machine having a blade for cutting successive increments of material from flat sheet work stock has a cutting zone guarded by a curtain of light. Photosensitive means actuates a brake to stop blade motion if an object extends through the light curtain towards the cutting zone. Hold-down mechanism is operated by a lever or the like situated outside of the guarded region to enable the final portion of a sheet of work stock to be manually held in place at the cutting zone without penetrating the light curtain. The plane of the light curtain inclines towards the front of the shear machine enabling the hold-down mechanism control lever or the like to be situated on the machine above the cutting zone where it may be reached without interception of the light curtain by the operator.

Abstract: A cutter for cutting a sheet-like material into a circular form, comprising a frame member including a sidewall portion for holding a sheet-like material to be cut against a surface of a flat body and defining a gap between the portion and the surface, a rotary member pivotally mounted on the frame member and capable of rotation within the gap, a handle for driving the handle, and a knife mounted on the rotary member and having a cutting edge which at least extends to the surface of the flat body.

Abstract: In a cutting board assembly having a clamp bar operated by a foot pedal mechanism for clamping papers or similar materials to the board for cutting, means are provided for accurately aligning guide markings on the paper with the cutting edge of the board. Such means include an aligning strip secured to the under surface of the clamp bar and projecting therefrom, with the straight edge of the projecting portion of the strip registering with the cutting edge of the board, whereby the markings on the paper can be visually aligned with the straight edge of the strip and therefore with the cutting edge of the board for accurate cutting. The aligning strip may be made of transparent material or of opaque material provided with apertures through which the markings can be seen. The foot pedal mechanism is also provided with adjustable stop means which limits upward travel of the clamp bar so that the aligning strip is maintained close to the paper to be cut for accurate alignment of the markings thereon.

Abstract: An elongated horizontal workpiece support is provided and an elongated lower support arm extends transversely beneath and is oscillatably supported, centrally intermediate its opposite ends, from the longitudinal central portion of the workpiece support. One end of the support arm includes an upright standard supported therefrom and projecting upwardly above the workpiece support. An upper support arm is secured at one end from the upper end portion of the standard and extends over the workpiece support and generally parallels the lower support arm disposed beneath the workpiece support. A depending mount is slidably mounted on the upper support arm for guided movement therealong and a powered rotary saw blade is journaled from a lower portion of the depending mount with the saw blade disposed in an upright plane containing the upper support arm.

Abstract: A mat cutting apparatus is described for cutting sheet material. A cutting board is provided on which a pair of longitudinal guide bars are mounted with a predetermined spacing between them. The spacing is selected to snugly receive a cutting block. The cutting block is formed of a guide block on which a knife assembly is movably mounted. The guide block fits snugly between the guide bars to enable formation of a precision cut when the knife assembly is plunged into a mat to be cut. Several embodiments for cutting mats are shown including straight and angle cutters and a cutter adapted for use with a template.