Workpiece location means

Claim 2

Cutting guide apparatus for making a saw cut in a workpiece and comprising, in combination, a carrier, workpiece location means, mounting means locating the workpiece location means on the carrier in an angularly adjustable manner, saw guide means comprising at least one saw guide member mounted on the carrier and projecting upwardly therefrom for providing a guide plane for a saw blade, said mounting means comprising a rotary bearing portion mounted with the workpiece location means for movement therewith and having a hollow central region within said bearing portion through which said saw guide member projects, said workpiece location means comprising a member offset to one side of the saw guide plane and defining a location plane against which a First face of the workpiece can be registered whereby to vary the angular position of the workpiece relative the saw guide plane in dependence upon the angular adjustment of the workpiece location means, said workpiece location means further comprising gauging means disposed on the opposide saide of said saw guide plane to said mamber, said gauging means being displaceable on hte workpiece location means towards and away from the saw guide plane to be secured at an adjustable setting for location of a second face of the workpiece at a desired distance from the saw guide plane.

Claim 3

Apparatus according to claim 1 wherein setting elements are provided co-operating with the workpiece location means to place said workpiece first face at predetermined angular orientations to the saw guide plane.

Claim 4

Apparatus according to claim 1 wherein at least one bearing element of said location means is displaceable to either side of the saw guide plane to provide such registration for the workpiece first face at said either side of the saw guide plane selectively.

Claim 5

Apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the workpiece location means comprises a side face defining a vertical location plane intersecting the saw guide plane over at least a portion of its length disposed in a planar region spaced from the carrier to provide a location for a side face of a workpiece depending therefrom below the carrier.

Claim 6

Apparatus according to claim 4 wherein gauging means are provided to locate a face of the workpiece at an adjustable distance from the saw guide plane, said means comprising a member displaceably secured to said side face for location of a face of said dependent workpiece.

Claim 7

Apparatus according to claim 1 wherein said saw guide means is defined by spaced first and second saw guide members mounted on the carrier by means for permitting adjustment of the spacing of said members.

Claim 8

Apparatus according to claim 1 wherein said gauging means comprises a member that is angularly adjustable about an axis lying on a plane parallel the saw guide plane.

Claim 9

Cutting guide apparatus for making a saw cut in a workpiece and comprising, in combination, a carrier, saw guide means on the carrier providing a guide plane for a saw blade, workpiece location means, mounting means locating the workpiece location means on the carrier to be angularly adjustable relative the carrier about a first axis in or parallel the saw guide plane, said workpiece location means comprising a main location member against which a face of the workpiece can be registered whereby to vary the angular position of the workpiece relative the saw guide plane about said first axis, supplementary location means disposed on said main location member and providing multiple locations for a further face of the workpiece, said multiple locations being at different angles to a second axis normal said first axis, the workpiece location means further comprising gauging means displaceably mounted on said workpiece location means to be movable towards and away from the saw guide plane to be secured at an adjustable setting for location of a face of the workpiece at a desired distance from the saw guide plane, said main location member and said gauging means being arranged on opposite sides of the axis of angular adjustment of the workpiece location means and the workpiece location means being disposable in a position in which said main location member defines a vertical face clear of the carrier whereby a workpiece dependent below the carrier can be positioned by said main member, supplementary location means and gauging means jointly.

Claim 10

Cutting guide apparatus for making a saw cut in a workpiece and comprising, in combination, a carrier, saw guide means on the carrier providing a guide plane for a saw blade, workpiece location means, mounting means locating the workpiece location means on the carrier to be angularly adjustable relative the carrier about a first axis in or parallel the saw guide plane, said workpiece location means comprising a main location member against which a face of the workpiece can be registered whereby to vary the angular position of the workpiece relative the saw guide plane about said first axis, supplementary location means disposed on said main location member and providing multiple locations for a further face of the workpiece, said multiple locations being at different angles to a second axis normal said first axis, the workpiece location means further comprising gauging means displaceably mounted on said workpiece location means to be movable towards and away from the saw guide plane to be secured at an adjustable setting for location of a face of the workpiece at a desired distance from the saw guide plane, said main location member and said gauging means being arranged on opposite sides of the axis of angular adjustment of the workpiece location means and the workpiece location means being disposable in a position in which said main location member defines a vertical face clear of the carrier whereby a workpiece dependent below the carrier can be positioned by said main member, supplementary location means and gauging means jointly.

Claim 11

Apparatus according to claim 8 wherein said supplementary location means is defined by a plurality of apertures provided in said vertical face and an abutment element for the top face of such dependent workpiece, said abutment element being selectively positioned and held in one of said apertures and being located thereby in a predetermined orientation.

Claim 12

Apparatus according to claim 8 wherEin a bearing portion is mounted with said workpiece location means and engages with the carrier in a rotatable manner for said angular adjustment of said location means, a hollow central region being formed in said bearing portion and a saw guide member of said saw guide means projecting through said region.

Claim 13

Cutting guide apparatus for making a saw cut in a workpiece and comprising, in combination, a carrier, workpiece location means and rotary bearing means by which the workpiece location means are mounted on the carrier, saw guide means on said carrier providing a guide plane for a saw blade, said bearing means permitting rotation of the workpiece location means on the carrier about an axis lying in or adjacently parallel the saw guide plane, the saw guide means comprising an elongate member projecting upwardly from a radially inner region of said bearing means.

Claim 14

Cutting guide apparatus for making a saw cut in a workpiece and comprising, in combination, a carrier, workpiece location means and rotary bearing means by which the workpiece location means are mounted on the carrier, saw guide means on said carrier providing a guide plane for a saw blade, said bearing means permitting rotation of the workpiece location means on the carrier about an axis lying in or adjacently parallel the saw guide plane, the saw guide means comprising an elongate member projecting upwardly from a radially inner region of said bearing means.

Claim 15

Apparatus according to claim 11 wherein gauging means are provided to locate a face of the workpiece at an adjustable distance from the saw guide plane.

Claim 16

Apparatus according to claim 11 wherein a planar element on said workpiece location means provides a location for a side face of the workpiece and said element lies in a plane tangential to said elongate member.

Claim 17

Apparatus according to claim 13 wherein respective parallel planar elements are provided on said workpiece location means to be tangential to diametrically opposite regions of said elongate member.

Claim 18

Apparatus according to claim 11 wherein said carrier defines a support plane, said saw guide means comprises a generally cylindrical saw guide column fixedly extending generally perpendicularly upwardly therefrom having a gap extending therethrough defined on one side by a surface defining said saw guide plane, and said member comprises a concave recess at an end thereof adjacent said guide column having an arcuate surface of a radius similar to the radius of said guide column closely fitted thereagainst, enabling angular movement of said member about a center on or adjacently parallel said saw guide plane.

Claim 19

Apparatus according to claim 15 wherein said carrier is provided with a generally annular recess extending into said support surface generally co-axially around said saw guide column and said end of said member comprises a mating spigot guidedly receivable within said recess retaining said one end of said member adjacent said saw guide column while enabling rotational movement thereabout.

Claim 20

Apparatus according to claim 16 wherein said saw guide column further comprises a generally cylindrical packing member, said location plane of said workpiece location member being tangential thereto.