Patent ID: 6848350
Filing Date: 2005-02-01
Classification: B23D,B25B,B27B,B27G,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An improved miter gauge for use with a table saw having a planar table provided with an elongate recessed channel spaced parallel to a saw blade, for retaining and adjustably positioning a workpiece with respect to the saw blade at a user selected angle, the miter gauge comprising: a longitudinal base member sized to slidingly fit within the recessed channel in the table saw, the base member having a plurality of first indexing configurations spaced therealong; a fence frame having a fence surface pivotally rotatable with respect to the base member and adjustable to a plurality of user selected predetermined positions with respect to the base member; and a quick-adjusting movable stopping unit mountable to the base member in sufficiently spaced opposition to the fence surface to receive the workpiece therebetween, said stopping unit having a second indexing configuration selectively cooperable with at least one of the first indexing configurations for retaining the stopping unit with respect to the fence surface at a selected spaced location when the fence surface is in its predetermined position; wherein the base member includes a slot provided with a linear array of ratchet teeth for defining the plurality of first indexing configurations, the linear array of ratchet teeth having ramp surfaces allowing the stopping unit to be slid to the fence frame, and stop surfaces preventing the stopping unit to be slid away from the fence frame while engaged with the ratchet teeth, and the stopping unit include a spring for yieldably biasing the first and second indexing configurations together, said spring yielding its bias sufficiently to allow a user to adjust the cooperation of the first and second indexing configurations in a snap-and-slide motion as the stopping unit moves.