Patent ID: 6792687
Filing Date: 2004-09-21
Classification: B26B,B43L

Abstract:
A tool for use in cutting a workpiece, the workpiece having a face extending between first and second opposite borders; the tool comprising:an elongate guide member having a proximal and distal end, a bottom surface and a primary side, the primary side including a straight-edge; a post fixed at the proximal end; an arm extending from the guide member, the arm defined by first and second external edges and having measurement indicia and a slot positioned between the first and second external edges, each of the first and second external edges intersecting the guide member between the post and the midpoint; and a movable pin positionable in the slot, the pin adapted to be secured at a desired location corresponding to a desired measurement indicium; whereby the post and the pin are adapted to simultaneously contact the first border of the workpiece so that the straight-edge identifies a desired cutting line corresponding to the desired measurement indicium.