A tile or masonry saw assembly may include a saw, a frame, and a workpiece support. The saw includes a motor operable to turn a blade assembly to cut a workpiece. The frame is operably coupled to the saw to enable the saw to be moved along the frame in a first direction. The workpiece support is operably coupled to the frame to support the workpiece relative to the saw, and to allow the workpiece support to be moved along the frame. The saw assembly further includes a movement assembly via which both movement of the workpiece support and movement of the saw relative to the frame is accomplished, such that a movement of the work piece support along the frame in a second direction is enabled to cause the saw to move along the frame in the first direction which is opposite the second direction.

A miter gauge for guiding a work piece over a work surface of a work platform in relation to a saw blade. A fence plate is connected to a base assembly and is movable relative to a base of the base assembly to adjust the position of the fence plate relative to the base. Brackets connecting the fence plate to the base are each movable relative to the base to adjust the orientation of the fence plate relative to a first axis perpendicular to the blade in order to square the fence engaging face to the blade. The fence plate is movable relative to the two brackets to adjust the orientation of the fence plate relative to a second axis perpendicular to the work surface in order to square the fence engaging face to the work surface.

A carpentry featherboard having a curved contact surface generally configured in the shape of a spiral and having a pivot point of the body and a plurality of radii defined between the pivot point and portions of the contact surface, the radii progressively increasing in dimension to define the spiral shape of the featherboard body.

An anti-kickback device is disclosed where the device includes a plurality of flexible members, and at least a compliant contact surface in contact with a moving workpiece, where the flexible members provide a biasing force against the workpiece and also resist or prevent kickback of the workpiece as it engages a tool such as a shaper, saw blade, etc. The configuration of the flexible members assures an opposing force to resist kickback.

A table saw, preferably a circular table saw, with a support structure which can be placed on a support and on the upper side of which a workpiece support plate is provided, and with a saw blade projecting upwards over the workpiece support plate. The workpiece support plate is mounted so that it can slide in the sawing direction relative to the support structure and to the saw blade and has a splinter protection element arranged on a side of the workpiece support plate facing the saw blade. This side is guided past the saw blade when the workpiece support plate is moved.

Various dust collection apparatuses are disclosed. In a first example, a dust collection apparatus includes a vacuum source configured to provide a negative pressure, and a multistage filter configured to collect airborne dust drawn by the negative pressure. For this example, the dust collection apparatus includes a dust tray having a shared dust containment area in which the shared dust containment area is a single compartment configured to receive the airborne dust collected by the multistage filter directly from each of a plurality of stages of the multistage filter. In another example, a dust collection apparatus includes a filter, a filter housing configured to house the filter, and an inlet coupled to the filter housing. For this example, the inlet is configured to receive a flow of airborne dust drawn by a negative pressure, and is further configured to mitigate an impact of the airborne dust on the filter.

The present invention generally relates to fasteners for securing an object to produce a straight line cut of the secured object, including a square cut of a secured pipe. More particularly, the present invention relates to fasteners for securing objects of various sizes and/or shapes where the object may be in almost any location. The fastener has a gap to guide a saw blade to produce a straight-line cut of the secured object. In some instances, the fastener may retain both pieces of a cut workpiece in place after the workpiece is cut. In some instances, the fastener may prevent the saw blade from cutting beyond the fastener.

A robot cell (1) may include a multi axis robot arm (3), which terminates in a gripper (4) arranged to handle a pallet (2), and a sawing device (10), which is arranged to separate a nailed pallet part from a pallet (2) handled by said gripper (4). The sawing device (10) may include a saw blade immersed in a liquid bath, which is contained in a trough (11) of the sawing device (10). Such that separation of said nailed pallet part is performed in a liquid environment.

Various dust collection apparatuses are disclosed, which include a vacuum source, a circular saw blade, and a worktable comprising a center slot axially aligned to the circular saw blade. In a first aspect, the center slot includes an air flow channel proximate to an anticipated point of contact between the circular saw blade and a workpiece, and the vacuum source is configured to provide a focused negative pressure beneath the worktable via the air flow channel. In another aspect, the vacuum source provides a negative pressure beneath the worktable at the center slot, and a multistage filter is included to collect airborne dust drawn by the negative pressure from an area proximate to the center slot. In yet another aspect, the vacuum source is configured to provide a first negative pressure beneath the worktable at the center slot, and a second negative pressure via an auxiliary port.

A tile saw includes a saw unit having a motor and a saw blade driven by the motor, a table through which the saw blade at least partially protrudes, and a pan positioned underneath the table and including a channel configured to receive at least a portion of the saw blade. The channel extends along a longitudinal axis perpendicular to a rotational axis of the saw blade such that fluid moves through the channel in a first direction in response to rotation of the saw blade. An interior wall is positioned adjacent the channel. The interior wall is obliquely oriented relative to the longitudinal axis of the channel to redirect the fluid in a second direction that is different from the first direction.