Patent ID: 8430008

Claim:
A studio tool for working stock, comprising: an upper housing including a sidewall that defines a generally circular cross-section; a lower housing that slidably engages the upper housing, the lower housing including a side and a bottom wall, the side extending from the bottom wall toward the upper housing, wherein a column blade boss extends from the bottom wall in a direction generally parallel to the side; a viewfinder at least partially fixed to the upper housing, the viewfinder including an upper guide and a lower guide that cooperate to define a feed slot, the viewfinder defining an aperture that extends through the upper and lower guides, a viewfinder cover at least partially circumferentially surrounding the upper guide of the viewfinder, the viewfinder cover including tab receipt areas; a lid press hingedly attached to the viewfinder; an alignment tool including a spacer with outwardly and radially extending tabs that are received by the tab receipt areas of the viewfinder cover, wherein the spacer includes a stock face and a lid press face, the stock face facing toward the stock and including alignment barrels extending toward the viewfinder, the lid press face facing toward the lid press; a center piercer coaxially received on the column blade boss, the center piercer including alignment pins extending toward the lid press, wherein the alignment pins are selectively received by the alignment barrels of the alignment tool; and a column blade received within the upper housing and coaxially surrounding the center piercer, wherein the column blade selectively extends through the aperture to be coplanar with the upper guide.