A tile saw gauge has a receiver, an extension arm, and a slidable gauge. In one embodiment, the slidable gauge has one or more protrusions for fixing various lengths. The receiver may be permanently attached to a tile saw, such as by welding, or may removably attachable, such as by using screws, a bolt and nut, or similar mechanism. The tile saw gauge may be retrofitted on saws in the art, allowing tile saws in the market to make consistent cuts on larger tiles or tile lengths.

A tile saw gauge has a receiver, an extension arm, and a slidable gauge. In one embodiment, the slidable gauge has one or more protrusions for fixing various lengths. The receiver may be permanently attached to a tile saw, such as by welding, or may removably attachable, such as by using screws, a bolt and nut, or similar mechanism. The tile saw gauge may be retrofitted on saws in the art, allowing tile saws in the market to make consistent cuts on larger tiles or tile lengths.

A construction jig is disclosed for facilitating appropriate notched cuts in vertical posts used for deck or post and beam construction applications. The jig is a multi-sided jig adapted to be either slipped over or slipped around a vertical post commonly used in such constructions. A crossmember for the construction is held by the jig and the jig is moved up and down until the crossmember is level. A saw is then guided by the jig to make an appropriately level notch in the vertical post, as required by building codes. An optional handle is useful, and it may extend outwardly from a side of the construction jig, which is adapted for movable and removable placing of the multi-sided jig over the vertical post to indicate level placement for the deck crossmember.

A cutting tool for cutting sheets of materials, such as, for example, sheets of building materials. The cutting tool includes a working table with a support surface. The working table includes a slot extending through the support surface. The cutting tool further includes a handle and blade pivotally engaged with respect to the working table between an open position and a closed position. The cutting tool further includes a guide rail that can be connected to the base in a plurality of positions relative to a cutting plane of the blade include a parallel position and a perpendicular position.

A marking and cutting template for sheet materials includes a main body having a face side and a back side opposing the face side. The main body is configured to be coupled to a portion of a T-square. A template body rotatably mounted in the main body includes at least one hole extending through the template body with the hole(s) being accessible at the face side and back side of the main body. A locking mechanism coupled to the main body can engage the template body such that the template body is prevented from rotating relative to the main body.

A finishing profile for a floor covering, including at least a flange-shaped portion, which extends on opposite sides of an attachment portion situated on the underside, wherein the flange-shaped portion is formed in one piece from synthetics and is provided for being subdivided at the location of the attachment portion. The invention further also relates to a cutting tool for cutting up such finishing profile for a floor covering, wherein this cutting tool includes a body and includes at least one knife, wherein the position of the knife is adjustable.

A system for placing objects on a surface. The system may include a base, a robotic arm coupled, at an end thereof, to the base, an end effector coupled to the other end of the robotic arm. The end effector may be configured for releaseably coupling to an object to be placed on the surface. The system may further include one or more sensor units on a sensor frame. The one or more sensor units may be configured for sensing a two-dimensional profile data including at least two two-dimensional profiles together comprising at least three boundary portions of the object to be placed and at least three boundary portions of objects on the surface. At least two of the three boundary portions of the object to be placed may be from substantially non-parallel sides. At least two of the three boundary portions of the objects on the surface may be from substantially non-parallel sides. The system may further include a processor configured to determine at least three degrees of freedom of the object to be placed with respect to the sensor frame and six degrees of freedom of the sensor frame with respect to the objects on the surface in a three-dimensional space for determining a current pose of the object to be placed with respect to the objects on the surface based on the two-dimensional profile data. Further, the system may be configured to place the object based on differences between the current pose and a desired pose of the object to be placed determined from a model of objects on the surface in the three-dimensional space.

A device to be used as tool creating a straightedge for scoring or cutting VCT (vinyl composition tile) or vinyl floor tile, comprising of a triangular plate that has flat and smooth side surface edges to be used as a straightedge guide to draw a utility knife or other apparatus along the edge. On one of the right angle sides of said triangular plate and face, is an elongated bar fence that extends at ninety-degree angle outwardly from said triangular plate and face. An optional T-bar fence constructed as an integral part of the Floor Tile Cutting—Guide extends only a minimal distance and only far enough from the bottom edge in order that the device can lay flat on a floor tile when it is abutted to the edge or laying off to the side of a floor tile. An optional bar fence on one of the right angle straightedge sides is movable up or down in a ninety-degree angle from said plate and face allowing for the bar fence to lay flat on a floor tile or drop down when off to the side and become a fence that can be abutted to the edge of the floor tile. A preferred embodiment along the fore mentioned sides, there are numeral and corresponding measurement markings indicating distance. Along and by the right angle straightedge side, measurement makings indicate the distance from the bar fence and the edge of the floor tile. Along and by the diagonal straightedge side, measurement makings indicate the distance that the right angle straightedge is from the bottom of floor tile being sized. Such measurement markings on the diagonal are parallel and horizontal to the right angle straightedge side that indicate distance right angle straightedge is from the bottom of the floor tile for easy, quick and accurate measuring for sizing, eliminating the need for a tape measure or other measuring device. With optional recessed, indented or even slightly protruding markings, they are a minimal distance away from the edge allowing for an unobstructed and unencumbered flat and smooth side to guide and to draw a utility knife or other such apparatus along the tool edge. With a preferred embodiment, optionally on the flat face or embedded into the plate of said triangle, is a non slip-slide material made preferably of a rubber material, however optionally it can be made of other material such as vinyl or leather that hold the tool firmly and securely in place preventing movement of tool while using it as a scoring or cutting guide. The tool is constructed preferably of a hard cased aluminum, however optionally it can be constructed of any integrally formed material such as any metal or hard plastic that is solid in nature. It is a tool that is lightweight, compact and easily storable.

A reveal edge tile cutting apparatus may have a tray with a top surface and a bottom surface, as well as a first set of tracks and a second set of tracks. Attached to these tracks is a vertical cutter featuring two cutting wheels, a horizontal cutter featuring a separate cutting wheel. A measuring device may be located on the top surface of the tray.

A cutting and laying aid for cutting and laying floorboards of a floor covering includes floorboards in a herringbone pattern. The cutting and laying aid is a flat body having a flat body length and a flat body width. A method for cutting and laying floorboards when laying them in a herringbone pattern and a use of a cutting and laying aid are also related.

The dimensions of the cutting and laying aid partially correspond to the characteristic dimensions of the floorboards or of the laying pattern. With these dimensions, the periodicity of the laying pattern is exploited to shorten the floorboards in the region of the laying area boundary to the required lengths or cut them to length. Contours of a laying area boundary, particularly a laying area edge, are transferred onto floorboards while saving a considerable amount of time and making the floorboard cutting of more precise and easier.