Patent ID: 8650997

Claim:
A system for the cutting of construction materials, said system comprising: a base configuration including a stand, a bed removably mounted upon the stand and having an open portion therein, a motor drivable blade-mounting shaft disposed beneath the bed and configured so that a circular blade mounted to the shaft is projected through the open portion, and a bin disposed beneath the open portion; masonry cutting configuration components including a track disposed on the bed, a trolley configured to travel on the track, the trolley having a work-piece placement surface with a blade channel therethrough, and a masonry blade removably mountable to the blade-mounting shaft; and non-masonry cutting configuration components including a wood cutting table top removably mountable on the bed, and a non-masonry blade removably mountable to the blade-mounting shaft; wherein the system is configurable for alternate operations including; a masonry cutting operation in which the trolley is engaged on the track, the masonry blade is mounted on the blade-mounting shaft, and a masonry work-piece may be disposed on the work-piece placement surface for cutting as the trolley traverses the track; and a non-masonry cutting operation in which the wood cutting table top is mounted on the bed, the non-masonry blade is mounted on the blade-mounting shaft, and a non-masonry work-piece may be guided into the blade for cutting.