US Patent 7341081 Horizontal hold down jig

A horizontal rotary hold down jig for use in horizontally guiding a piece of wood to be cut on one of a portable table saw and a portable router table comprising a spring biased rotatable wheel that can be secured to the table. The spring biasing can be adjusted to provide uniform or enhanced pressure through use of a plurality of substitutable compression springs of varying compressive strength characteristics to laterally stabilize a piece of wood of varying consistency, wood grain angle, feed cutting speed, width, and thickness or depth of cut.