Power saw guide apparatus

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POWER SAW GUIDE APPARATUS COMPRISING: A LONGITUDINAL GUIDE BAR HAVING A BOTTOM PORTION HAVING A CROSS-SECTIONAL SHAPE SIMILAR TO A LONGITUDINAL SLOT FORMED IN THE UPPER SURFACE OF A SAW TABLE PARALLEL TO AND LATERALLY OFFSET FROM A POWER SAW BLADE AND ADAPTED TO BE SLIDABLY INSERTED INTO AND RECEIVED BY SAID LONGITUDINAL SLOT FOR MANUALLY CONTROLLED MOVEMENT ALONG THE LENGTH THEREOF, SAID LONGITUDINAL GUIDE BAR BEING PROVIDED WITH A CLAMP MOUNTING MEMBER HAVING A VERTICALLY SPACED PORTION ADJACENT TO ONE END THEREOF AND PROVIDED WITH A CONTROLLABLY VERTICALLY ADJUSTABLE CLAMP MEMBER ADAPTED FOR CONTROLLABLY RELEASABLY CLAMPING ONE EDGE PORTION OF A WORKPIECE IN FIXED RELATIONSHIP WITH RESPECT TO SAID CLAMP MEMBER AND WITH RESPECT TO AN UNDERLYING PORTION OF SAID LONGITUDINAL GUIDE BAR, SAID LONGITUDINAL GUIDE BAR ALSO BEING PROVIDED WITH A CLAMP MOUNTING MEMBER HAVING A VERTICALLY SPACED PORTION ADJACENT TO AN OPPOSITE END THEREOF AND PROVIDED WITH A CONTROLLABLY VERTICALLY ADJUSTABLE CLAMP MEMBER ADAPTED FOR CONTROLLABLY RELEASABLY CLAMPING AN OPPOSITE EDGE PORTION OF SAID WORKPIECE IN A FIXED RELATIONSHIP WITH RESPECT TO SAID CLAMP MEMBER AND WITH RELATIONSHIP WITH RESPECT TO SAID CLAMP MEMBER AND WITH GUIDE BAR, AT LEAST ONE OF SAID CLAMP MOUNTING MEMBERS BEING PROVIDED WITH CONTROLLABLY LOCKABLE AND UNLOCKABLE SLIDABLE ENGAGEMENT COUPLING MEANS EFFECTIVELY COUPLING SAME WITH RESPECT TO THE CORRESPONDING PORTION OF SAID LONGITUDINAL GUIDE BAR FOR CONTROLLABLE UNLOCKING THEREOF AND FOR RELATIVE LONGITUDINAL SLIDABLE MOVEMENT OF SAID CLAMP MOUNTING MEMBER ALONG SAID LONGITUDINAL GUIDE BAR AND FOR SUBSEQUENT LOCKING OF SAID SLIDABLE ENGAGEMENT COUPLING MEANS IN A SELECTED RELATIVE POSITION THEREOF WITH RESPECT TO SAID LONGITUDINAL GUIDE BAR FOR FACILITATING ENGAGEMENT OF THE CORRESPONDING ONE OF SAID CLAMP MEMBERS WITH THE CORRESPONDING EDGE OF SAID WORKPIECE IRRESPECTIVE OF THE WIDTH OF SAID WORKPIECE BETWEEN SAID LONGITUDINAL SPACED CLAMP MEMBERS.