This invention relates to portable, power-driven, cutting tool guides and gauges, and more particularly to a power saw guide and gauge for crosscut operations on wooden boards and planks.
A very large percentage of cuts with a hand power saw in construction work involve cutting boards and planks to proper length with a square, crosscut. The cuts are generally repetitious in that many boards or planks must be cut to the same length.
A problem typically encountered with many available portable cutting tool guides is their need for mechanical clamping devices. Such devices often are not suitable because they are cumbersome and require excessive amounts of time to set up, thereby reducing the saw user's efficiency. Those guides that do not require clamping devices usually do not have a gauge for determining board length, and a separate length measuring operation must take place before a crosscut is made, thereby reducing the saw user's efficiency.
The few guides which combine a gauge means, usually lack the ruggedness needed for outdoor construction work and are more readily applicable to indoor or occasional use. None lend themselves to quick and repetitious use.