US 12,343,810 B1
Wire coil stabilizer and saw guide
Chris S. Capkovic, Union, MO (US)
Filed by Chris S. Capkovic, Union, MO (US)
Filed on Sep. 9, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/828,266.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/537,238, filed on Sep. 8, 2023.
Int. Cl. B23D 51/04 (2006.01)
CPC B23D 51/04 (2013.01) 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wire coil stabilizer and saw guide combination,
said wire coil stabilizer comprising a block with a groove having a semi-circular bottom surface and side walls configured for receipt of a wire coil, a pin extending transverse to the groove and removably mounted to the side walls above the bottom surface of the groove and a tracking plate, wherein the tracking plate is slidably moveable within the groove to clamp a wire coil between the tracking plate and the removable pin, said tracking plate having an aperture flanked by legs configured to straddle and embrace the block, said tracking plate having a depending portion in the aperture configured to fit inside the groove; and,
said saw guide comprising a slot in the bottom of the groove aligned with a slit with a closed top in the depending portion of the tracking plate when the depending portion of the tracking plate is in the groove, wherein said slit and slot are configured to accommodate a jeweler's saw blade with a coil of wire threaded on the blade for cutting the coil of wire from the inside to form jump rings.