The present invention relates to a table saw jig. The table saw jig is designed to enable accurate straight or angled cuts in a wooden workpiece. The jig features a flat or planar base plate and several pre-drilled holes at specific angles. The jig also includes an adjustable guide rail that is secured to a pair of symmetrically opposed pre-drilled holes and can be used for making accurate and repeatable cuts. A wood piece can be positioned along a rip fence of the guiderail allowing the wood piece to horizontally slide to facilitate accurate and repeatable cuts. The table saw jig reduces the time required to precut stocks as well as the amount of waste material produced during the cabinetry and woodworking process.

The present invention relates to a table saw jig. The table saw jig is designed to enable accurate straight or angled cuts in a wooden workpiece. The jig features a flat or planar base plate and several pre-drilled holes at specific angles. The jig also includes an adjustable guide rail that is secured to a pair of symmetrically opposed pre-drilled holes and can be used for making accurate and repeatable cuts. A wood piece can be positioned along a rip fence of the guiderail allowing the wood piece to horizontally slide to facilitate accurate and repeatable cuts. The table saw jig reduces the time required to precut stocks as well as the amount of waste material produced during the cabinetry and woodworking process.

An apparatus for performing repeatable, accurate compound miter cuts takes the form of a gauge and associated plate that are attached to a conventional miter saw. The gauge includes a pair of hinged flaps that are adjustable so that the user can move the two flaps to correspond to the measured lean angle and the measured miter angle, creating the proper three-dimensional orientation for the compound miter cut. A separate plate member is attached to the saw itself (in a plane parallel to the saw blade), and is used as a guide to align the blade to the gauge. An associated set of pivot stops (for both the arm and the table) are used in conjunction with the gauge and the plate to form all possible combinations of inside and outside angles in a repeatable manner without needing to perform any calculations of the angles.

An apparatus for performing repeatable, accurate compound miter cuts takes the form of a gauge and associated plate that are attached to a conventional miter saw. The gauge includes a pair of hinged flaps that are adjustable so that the user can move the two flaps to correspond to the measured lean angle and the measured miter angle, creating the proper three-dimensional orientation for the compound miter cut. A separate plate member is attached to the saw itself (in a plane parallel to the saw blade), and is used as a guide to align the blade to the gauge. An associated set of pivot stops (for both the arm and the table) are used in conjunction with the gauge and the plate to form all possible combinations of inside and outside angles in a repeatable manner without needing to perform any calculations of the angles.

A cross table for a woodworking machine, such as a sliding table saw, and to a woodworking machine having such a cross table. The cross table includes a horizontally lying first workpiece support surface, a stop rail arranged above the first workpiece support surface and having a first workpiece stop surface on a first side of the stop rail, which is arranged such that a workpiece resting on the first workpiece support surface horizontally in front of the stop rail can be placed with a side edge against the workpiece stop surface. The stop rail has a second workpiece stop surface on a second side of the stop rail opposite the first side, the second workpiece stop surface arranged such that a workpiece resting on the first workpiece support surface horizontally behind the stop rail can be placed with a side edge against the workpiece stop surface.

A cross table for a woodworking machine, such as a sliding table saw, and to a woodworking machine having such a cross table. The cross table includes a horizontally lying first workpiece support surface, a stop rail arranged above the first workpiece support surface and having a first workpiece stop surface on a first side of the stop rail, which is arranged such that a workpiece resting on the first workpiece support surface horizontally in front of the stop rail can be placed with a side edge against the workpiece stop surface. The stop rail has a second workpiece stop surface on a second side of the stop rail opposite the first side, the second workpiece stop surface arranged such that a workpiece resting on the first workpiece support surface horizontally behind the stop rail can be placed with a side edge against the workpiece stop surface.

A machine tool, for machining workpieces (W) using a working tool (36), wherein the machine tool (10) includes a machine base (11) for setting down on a ground surface and a drive assembly (30) arranged thereon with a drive motor (32) and a tool receptacle (31) drivable by the drive motor (32) for the working tool (36), wherein the machine base (11) has a support surface (14, 17) for supporting the workpiece (W) and includes at least one side contact body (40, 41) with a side contact surface (42), which is at an angle to the support surface (14, 17), and extends along a longitudinal axis (L), and wherein the machine tool (10) includes at least one abutment body (70, 170) with an abutment surface (79), which can be fixed opposite the support surface (14, 17) by means of a holding device (60) on the machine tool (10), so that the workpiece (W) for machining by the working tool (36) is supported adjacent to the side contact surface (42) sandwiched between the support surface (14, 17) and the abutment surface (79).

Jigs and fixtures for aligning, guiding, and/or holding a workpiece on woodworking machinery during a woodworking operation are described, as well as methods of making, modifying, and using jigs and fixtures.

Techniques utilize a fence assembly which includes a fence member constructed and arranged to (i) install on a saw base and (ii) provide a first surface that restricts movement of an object in a first direction when the fence member is installed on the saw base. The fence assembly further includes a stop member constructed and arranged to provide a second surface that restricts movement of the object in a second direction that is different from the first direction when the stop member is in a fixed position relative to the fence member. The fence member further includes positioning hardware constructed and arranged to position the stop member in the fixed position relative to the fence member. Actuation of the positioning hardware enables the stop member to be adjusted to accommodate different object for cutting.

A power tool assembly includes a base having a work surface, which is configured to receive a workpiece. A workpiece clamp assembly is moveably mountable on the work surface. The workpiece clamp assembly has a moveable clamp mount configured to fix the workpiece claim assembly in a plurality of different positions on the work surface, a clamp arm being operatively engageable with the moveable clamp mount and configured to move in a direction towards the fence, and at least one locking pin moveable between a first position and a second with respect to the moveable clamp mount wherein in the first position the at least one locking pin is configured to fix the workpiece clamp assembly to the base and in the second position the at least one locking pin is configured to release the workpiece clamp assembly from the base.