Abstract: A miter block suitable for cutting a mitered end on a strip of material "L" shape in cross-section has a receiving slot extending from edge to edge in an upper surface to receive the strip of material and two cutter guide slots at right angles to one another, the slots having a common intersection with the receiving slot at one of the edges of the upper surface.

Abstract: A fixture having a channel for accepting a user inserted knife blade, a first, floating plate for holding in place one surface of the bagel, roll or muffin to be sliced, and a second, rigid plate for bearing against the opposite surface of the bagel, roll or muffin, and positionally adjustable with respect to the channel for controlling the thickness of the resulting sliced sections.

Abstract: A mitre box includes a base member upon which is detachably secured a corner clamp providing a pair of movable jaw members movable at right angles to each other and relative to cooperating fixed clamp faces on opposite sides of a guide channel therein. The base member has a work support surface which is aligned with the guide channel and coplanar with the support surfaces of the corner clamp. Cooperating locating means are provided on the base member and corner clamp to position the members in predetermined alignment, and releasable fastening means secure the two members in assembly. Also included are a pair of guide posts upon which is slidably carried saw guide means to position an associated saw in alignment with the guide channel in the corner clamp.

Abstract: A jig with multiple units each for assembling and slicing two sandwiches at a time has a base with four upstanding walls for each unit surrounding a generally rectangular volume shaped to receive two pairs of bread slices and a filling between each pair. At two diagonal corners of the walls there are narrow, aligned slits receiving and guiding a knife for slicing the two sandwiches into two symmetrical pairs of stacked halves. The other diagonal corners are relatively widely spaced to form finger accesses for gripping the sliced sandwiches. A hollow in the base at these other corners further facilitates finger access. A removable cutting slab lying between the walls permits lifting both sandwiches at once.

Abstract: A saw buck has a series of holders interconnected in a predetermined spaced apart relation by side members, each connected to the appropriate side of each holder below the position in which the wood to be cut is supported by the holders. At least one pair of holders between the ends of the saw buck are closely spaced to provide transversely aligned slots to receive freely the bar and chain of a chain saw and spaced from adjacent holders the distance representing the wanted lengths into which the wood is to be cut. The arrangement of the holders is such that the cut pieces remain held by the saw buck.

Abstract: A portable saw table having an elevated, adjustable track for accommodating various cutting tools such as sabre saws, circular saws and routers, a guide mounted beneath the conventional saw table slot for guiding a cantilevered type blade, such as a sabre saw, during the reciprocatory movement thereof, an adjustable guide member connected to the arm of a protractor mounted on the table, and a pressure block adjustably mounted on the table for biasing the workpiece against the protractor guide member during the cutting operation.

Abstract: A miter box comprising a rectangular bottom wall having a flat top surface. Opposed vertical side walls extend from opposite longitudinal end edges of the bottom wall and are provided with the usual angular and transverse slots. Improvement consists in the provision of clamps which are displaceable between the vertical side walls to apply clamping pressure against the workpiece lying on the top surface of the bottom wall to clamp the workpiece against one of the side walls to keep it in place when making a miter cut.

Abstract: This meat grain template is formed from a three-dimensional prism having a spaced upper end and lower faces. The lower face contacts the meat and inclined passages are provided lying on a common plane perpendicular to the lower face and extending through the prism to receive and direct grain markers into the meat. The upper end openings of the passages define at least one reference line by which the template may be rotated into correct alignment prior to insertion of the marker. A method of determining the direction of the meat grain for specific units of meat is disclosed which facilitates cutting the meat across the grain.

Abstract: A guide assembly for sawing an elongate member accurately to length to form the sides of a picture frame comprises two saw-guide units which are adjustably clamped to two guide roads by means of screws. The picture frame glass is placed between reference surfaces of blocks on the saw-guide units to determine the required distance apart of the two saw-guide units. Each saw-guide unit has two pairs of posts defining slots therebetween for the blade of a saw, to hold the saw-blade accurately at 45.degree. to the direction of elongation of the wooden member, for the eventual formation of mitred joints between the sides of the picture frame. Each saw-guide unit includes a special ridge to abut that surface of the wooden member which is to surround the edge of the glass.

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 mitre box particularly adapted for precise mitring of inside and outside corner molding includes a square base having a first saw guide mounted on the upper surface thereof along a diagonal of the base. A second saw guide is also mounted on the base and is comprised of a pair of blocks located adjacent two edges of the square; the pair of blocks terminating adjacent a corner on the diagonal in line with the first guide. A rectangularly shaped support block is mounted on the base on either side of each of the guide blocks for supporting the molding to be mitred in proper orientation. The lower portions of the ends of the guide blocks adjacent the corner are cut away to allow the end of the molding being mitred to pass therethrough.

Abstract: A kit for making O-rings from cord stock material essentially includes a holding fixture for securing the material, a container of bonding liquid and a heating mold. The holding fixture allows the cord material to be cut diagonally in such a fashion that the magnitude of the angle is smaller for cord materials having a smaller diameter. Therefore, there is a larger bonding surface for smaller diameter materials. The O-ring heating mold includes two flat separable heat conductive blocks having a common flat interface. Apertures are located across the interface having cross-sectional diameters that are slightly less than the tube stock cross-sectional diameters. Since the central axis of each aperture is not located directly at the interface one portion will include more than 180.degree. of arc whereas the other portion will correspondingly include less than 180.degree..

Abstract: Saw guide apparatus for longitudinal or near longitudinal saw cuts in an elongate workpiece has a base from which at least one saw guide column projects upwards. The base and said column provide respective horizontal and vertical bounding faces which are coplanar so as to define a vertical support plane against which the elongate workpiece can be placed to depend below the base. Location means are provided to set the position of the workpiece transversely to a saw guide plane defined by said guide columns so that the position of the saw cut in the workpiece can be controlled correspondingly.

Abstract: A hand slicer for prepared meat such as roasts, hams, and other boneless meats. The meat is positioned in a rack that has a configuration closely approximating that of the prepared meat to prevent back and forth movement as well as eliminating the use of a hand to hold the meat. The meat is advanced by a screw mechanism to a stop plate which in turn is a predetermined cutting position to control the portions of the cut. The stop also serves as a plate for receiving the cut slices and for dispensing the cut portion to another plate. The rack has an elongated slot positioned over a tray for the saving of the meat juices. A warming oven encloses the entire slicer to maintain the meat at a predetermined temperature.

Abstract: A device for holding a sandwich during cutting thereof and/or during insertion thereof in a container which device comprises a tray having opposed, spaced, side walls, each provided with a vertical slot extending from its top edge substantially to its bottom. Said slots are adapted to receive a knife blade for cutting a sandwich reposing in said tray. The side walls, adjacent one end of the tray, are provided with inturned extensions that partially close said end. At the same end, the bottom of the tray extends outwardly, parallel to said side walls, and is preferably provided with an upwardly projecting end. The device also includes a separable end plate, generally rectangular in shape that is of slightly less length than the distance between said side walls and which is provided with longitudinally projecting hooks at its ends adapted to loosely engage said side walls.

Abstract: A food-slicing device having a food supporting cradle formed of a pair of vertically upstanding lateral wall members and an intermediate web section therebetween, the wall members diverging upwardly and outwardly from the web section, and an anvil tray or platform section extending forwardly of the leading edges of the lateral wall members and web section to receive sliced food material produced upon cutting the food in a plane closely adjacent the leading edges of the wall members and web section.

Abstract: A kitchen implement for evenly slicing meats, breads and other foods; the implement including a wooden base upon which a sheet metal frame is mounted, the frame having vertical opposite sides and a horizontal top with a series of parallel slits close together extending around the frame so a knife blade can be guided therein as it slices through a food placed upon the base; the food being firmly held from sliding between a pair of separate end plates during the slicing operation.

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: The present invention relates to an accurate, inexpensive angle cutting guide for use in carpentry which gives a saw a rigid and perfect guide for any 45.degree. or 90.degree. cut, whether said cut be horizontal or perpendicular.

Abstract: A cutting board attachment is disclosed. The attachment has a plurality of cutting fulcrums which facilitate the ease with which a conventional knife may be used for cutting frozen foods and the like.

Abstract: A cutting machine having a table on which multi-ply layups of sheet material are positioned during cutting operations utilizes a reciprocating cutting blade that is suspended in cantilevered fashion above the table and lowered into cutting engagement with the material during cutting. The sheet material and blade are moved relative to one another while the blade is oriented to remain tangent to predefined cutting paths followed through the material. A blade guide is mounted in a presser foot which slides over the material, and several guide rollers in the blade guide engage the sides and trailing edge of the blade to control blade positioning immediately above the sheet material.

Abstract: A device for cutting slices of meat into a plurality of meat chunk stacks on skewers. The device comprises a container whose vertical walls are provided with guide slots for a knife blade. The container is arranged to receive a stack of meat slices slightly compressed by a top plate whose bottom face has a plurality of guide grooves for facilitating the initial insertion of the knife edge into the stack. A plurality of openings is provided in the top plate and in the bottom plate for guiding skewers to be inserted through the stack of meat either prior or after the cutting into small chunks of the entire content of the container. The device facilitates preparation of dishes of the type of shish kebab, souvlaki or the like.

Abstract: A combined miter box, corner clamp and measuring gauge apparatus is provided. The apparatus is particularly suitable for use in forming picture frames, frames for screens, or trims for other purposes and very precise and accurate cuts may be obtained due to the location and placement of an adjustable saw guide and because of the inclusion of a measuring gauge.

Abstract: A method and means for portion-control, hand-slicing of boneless meat roasts without using hands or eyes to control the thicknesses of the slices.

Abstract: An integrally molded synthetic resin mitre box has an elongated base portion, rigid post members spaced along one side thereof and a rigid guide member on the opposite side thereof. The guide member and posts have aligned vertical channels therein opening at the top surface thereof and providing guide channels for a saw blade at varous angular orientations relative to the longitudinal axis of the mitre box. The post members and guide member are of generally hollow construction with inverted columnar portions providing the channels. The base portion is provided with apertures, and a depending lip is provided along one side for secure placement against a worktable or the like.