Improved Fence or Gauge for Use with Fretsaws, Bandsaws, and Circularsaws.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Nov., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 17th Aug., 1899-Accepted, 14th Oct.,
1899
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Fence or Gauge for Use with Fretsaws, Bandsaws,
and Circularsaws.
HARRY ROTTENBURG, 11, Benet Street, Cambridge, Student, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This fence or gauge consists essentially of a flat strip of metal, or other suit-
able material, of such cross section as to slide easily in a cut made by the saw,
that is to say as thick as the saw, if there is no set on the saw, and proportionately
thicker according to the set on the saw; its breadth can be such as to suit par
ticular cases and the depth of cut made by the saw.
This strip is arranged so that it can be fixed, at any desired distance from the
saw, on the saw table and in such a way that, if a cut be made in any material
by the saw & the material be then placed on the saw table so that the strip fits
into this cut then the cut will be parallel to the saw. When thus placed the
material is slid along the strip of metal (or other material) so as to have another
cut made in it by the saw. This second cut will be parallel to, & at, a fixed
distance from the first cut, depending on the position of the strip; and, treating
this cut as the first was treated & so on, we get three, four or any number of
cuts in the material, all of which are parallel to each other & at a fixed distance
apart.
The strip of metal may also be fixed to a separate table sliding on the top of
the ordinary saw table and constrained to move in a direction parallel to the
direction in which material is moved when being cut by the saw and in this
case, instead of sliding the material along the strip, and guiding it by means
of the strip, the material is stationary with respect to the moveable table while
the moveable table carries the material along & thus enables the saw to cut
it. In this arrangement the strip need not be parallel to the direction of motion
of the sliding table unless the cuts are to be all parallel to each other.
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1741 dow of Narambon 1808
Improved Fence or Gauge for Use with Fretsaws, Bandsaws,
and Circularsaws.
I, HARRY ROTTENBURG, of 11, Benet Street, Cambridge, Student, do hereby
leclare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
This fence or gauge consists essentially of a flat strip of metal, or other suit-

page_text: able material of such cross section as to slide easily in a cut made by the saw,
that is to say, as thick as the saw, if there is no set on the saw, and pro-
portionately thicker according to the set on the saw; its breadth can be such as
to suit particular cases and the depth of cut made by the saw.
This strip is arranged so that it can be fixed at any desired distance from the
saw, on the saw table and in such a way that if a cut be made in any material
by the saw and the material be then placed on the saw table so that the strip
fits into this cut then the cut will be parallel to the saw. When thus placed the
material is slid along the strip of metal (or other material) so as to have another
cut made in it by the saw. This second cut will be parallel to and at a fixed
distance from the first cut, depending on the position of the strip; and, treating
this cut as the first was treated and so on, we get three, four or any number of
cuts in the material, all of which are parallel to each other and at a fixed
distance apart.
The strip may also be fixed to a separate table sliding on the top of the ordinary
saw table and constrained to move in a direction parallel to the direction in
which material is moved when being cut by the saw, and in this case, instead of
sliding the material along the strip, and guiding it by means of the strip the
material is stationary with respect to the moveable table, while the moveable
table carries the material along and thus enables the saw to cut it. In this
arrangement the strip need not be parallel to the direction of motion of the
sliding table unless the cuts are to be all parallel to each other.
Figure 1 is a perspective view of the first arrangement and Figure 2 is a
vertical section on the line 2-2 Figure 1.
a is the saw bench and is the saw. c is a slide working in guides in the
table and d is a set screw by which it can be secured in any portion.
gauge fixed to the slide c and parallel to the saw.
e is the
Figure 3 is a perspective view of the second arrangement. Figure 4 is a plan
and Figure 5 a vertical section on the line 5-5 Figures 3 and 4. In this case
the slide c with its gauge e are mounted on the supplementary table f which
is free to slide on the table a, being guided by the fillets g. The table f is made
in two parts (one on each side of the saw b) which are connected together by the
bar the latter being strengthened by supports j.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
1. A gauge or fence for saw benches, consisting of an adjustable strip of the
thickness of a saw cut arranged parallel to the saw substantially as described.
2. Gauges or fences for saw benches substantially as described and illustrated
in the drawings.