Patent ID: 8534175

Claim:
A gauge for a portable sawmill comprising a frame adapted to receive said portable sawmill, said frame defining a flat plane and including a pair of spaced guide members; each said guide member includes a worm screw member adapted to linearly move a retainer member, a holding member adapted to orient said retainer member at a desired angle, and an angle selecting member adapted to move said retainer member in unison therewith, such that any change in angle of said angle selecting member is correlated to a change of angle of said retainer member; a beam rotating member rotatably attached to said frame and located between said guide members, said beam rotating member including a support member adapted to hold wooden beams, and a handle member adapted for rotating the support member on an axis perpendicular to said flat plane, such that wooden beams can be manipulated and held in desired orientations and thereby cut in chosen angles and shapes by a ribbon saw of said sawmill.