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A hinged saw table having a sliding carrier for mounting and sliding a portable table saw. The hinged saw table is mounted adjacent to a forming machine that forms stock that is cut with the portable table saw. Elongate stock exits from an exit aperture in the forming machine, and is directed over t

A hinged saw table having a sliding carrier for mounting and sliding a portable table saw. The hinged saw table is mounted adjacent to a forming machine that forms stock that is cut with the portable table saw. Elongate stock exits from an exit aperture in the forming machine, and is directed over the table of the portable table saw mounted upon the movable carrier. The portable table saw may be positioned at the correct point for cutting the stock at a desired length. Square or mitered cuts may be made. For storage purposes, the sliding carrier and table saw may be rotated upward approximately 180 degrees over the top of the forming machine where the carrier and saw rest upside down on a stand. The forming machine may be, for example, a seamless gutter rollformer machine that forms sections of rain gutters for houses or other buildings.

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1. A hinged saw table comprising:a sliding carrier for mounting a table saw, said sliding carrier enabling a user to longitudinally slide the table saw to a desired position for cutting a workpiece; a hinge mechanism connected to the carrier that enables the carrier to be rotated vertically over to

1. A hinged saw table comprising:a sliding carrier for mounting a table saw, said sliding carrier enabling a user to longitudinally slide the table saw to a desired position for cutting a workpiece; a hinge mechanism connected to the carrier that enables the carrier to be rotated vertically over to a storage position; and means for mounting the saw table in a location enabling the table saw to receive the workpiece as it exits a machine, the means for mounting the saw table having a mounting bracket attached to a seamless gutter rollformer. 2. The hinged saw table of claim 1 wherein the sliding carrier includes a plurality of slides mounted on at least one base rail, said base rail extending from the machine parallel to the workpiece as it exits the machine.3. The hinged saw table of claim 1 wherein the hinge mechanism includes a vertical mast comprising:a stationary portion that attaches to the machine; a rotating portion to which the base rail is attached; and a hinge connecting the stationary portion and the rotating portion, said hinge enabling the rotating portion, with the attached base rail, carrier, and saw to rotate to the storage position. 4. The hinged saw table of claim 3 wherein the mast has a height that is higher than the top of the machine, and the hinge is located at the top of the mast, thereby enabling the rotating portion, with the attached base rail, carrier, and saw to rotate to an inverted storage position on top of the machine.5. The hinged saw table of claim 4 wherein the carrier includes means for mounting a table saw having a horizontally rotatable base that enables the saw to cut the workpiece perpendicular to a longitudinal axis, or to cut a mitre cut at an angle to the longitudinal axis.6. A system for forming and cutting an elongate workpiece, comprising:a machine that forms the elongate workpiece and expels the workpiece through an exit port; and a hinged saw table mounted to the machine in a location to receive the workpiece as it exits the machine through the exit port, said hinged saw table comprising: a sliding carrier for mounting a table saw, said sliding carrier enabling a user to longitudinally slide the table saw to a desired position for cutting the workpiece; and a hinge mechanism connected to the carrier that enables the carrier to be rotated vertically over to a storage position. 7. The system for forming and cutting an elongate workpiece of claim 6 wherein the sliding carrier includes a plurality of slides mounted on at least one base rail, said base rail extending from the machine parallel to the workpiece as it exits the machine.8. The system for forming and cutting an elongate workpiece of claim 7 wherein the hinge mechanism includes a vertical mast comprising:a stationary portion that attaches to the machine; a rotating portion to which the base rail is attached; and a hinge connecting the stationary portion and the rotating portion, said hinge enabling the rotating portion, with the attached base rail, carrier, and saw to rotate to the storage position. 9. The system for forming and cutting an elongate workpiece of claim 8 wherein the mast has a height that is higher than the top of the machine, and the hinge is located at the top of the mast, thereby enabling the rotating portion, with the attached base rail, carrier, and saw to rotate to an inverted storage position on top of the machine.10. The system for forming and cutting an elongate workpiece of claim 9 wherein the carrier includes means for mounting a table saw having a horizontally rotatable base that enables the saw to cut the workpiece perpendicular to a longitudinal axis, or to cut a mitre cut at an angle to the longitudinal axis.11. The system for forming and cutting an elongate workpiece of claim 6 wherein the machine is a seamless gutter rollformer, and the elongate workpiece is a seamless metal rain gutter.12. A method of forming and cutting an elongate workpiece comprising the steps of:mounting a table saw on a sliding carrier, said sliding carrier enabling a user to longitudinally slide the table saw to a desired position for cutting the elongate workpiece; mounting the sliding carrier to a machine that forms the elongate workpiece, said sliding carrier being mounted in a location enabling the table saw to receive the workpiece as it exits the forming machine through an exit port and a slide that is movably attached to a base rail, the step of mounting the sliding carrier to the machine including mounting a fixed end portion of the base rail to the machine; forming the elongate workpiece with the forming machine; expelling the workpiece from the forming machine through the exit port; sliding the table saw to the desired position for cutting the elongate workpiece; cutting the elongate workpiece with the table saw; connecting the carrier to a binge mechanism, the step of connecting the carrier to a hinge mechanism including the steps of: attaching a stationary portion of a vertical mast to the machine; attaching a rotating portion of the vertical mast to the base rail; mounting a hinge at the to the of the mast, said hinge rotatably connecting the rotating portion to the stationary portion of the vertical mast; and connecting the carrier to the rotating portion of the vertical mast; and rotating the carrier and table saw to a storage position utilizing the hinge mechanism. 13. The method of forming and cutting an elongate workpiece of claim 12 wherein the vertical mast has a height that is higher than the top of the machine, and the step of rotating the carrier and table saw to a storage position includes rotating the carrier and table saw to an inverted storage position on top of the machine.14. The method of forming and cutting an elongate workpiece of claim 12 wherein the machine is a seamless gutter rollformer, and the elongate workpiece is a seamless metal rain gutter, and the step of cutting the elongate workpiece with the table saw includes cutting the rain gutter perpendicular to a longitudinal axis.15. The method of forming and cutting an elongate workpiece of claim 12 wherein the machine is a seamless gutter rollformer, and the elongate workpiece is a seamless metal rain gutter, and the step of cutting the elongate workpiece with the table saw includes cutting the rain gutter at a 45 degree angle to a longitudinal axis.